Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “whoopee” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

17 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
~~remove a letter~~ ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found Word	Scrabble Score	Searched Previously	Found Previously	Changes	To Transform to your Word
whoopee	15	28	751	(None)
whooped	16	32	693	1	whooped
whoopees	16	29	482	1	whoopees
whooper	15	29	715	1	whooper
whoopie	15	29	593	1	whoopie
hooped	12	55	1818	2	_hooped
hooper	11	45	1831	2	_hooper
hoopoe	11	9	1123	2	_hoopoe
whomped	18	34	547	2	whomped
whoofed	17	37	451	2	whoofed
whoop	13	42	1144	2	whoop__
whoopers	16	28	626	2	whoopers
whoopies	16	26	737	2	whoopies
whoopla	15	4	263	2	whoopla
whoops	14	48	786	2	whoop_s
whopped	18	35	800	2	whopped
whopper	17	32	850	2	whopper

Search took 4 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.

Seq	Search Phase	Words Checked	Words Matched	Seconds	Words Per Sec
1	Length Filter	178691	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.106	34665.5
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.498	51083.8