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

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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

9 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
why	12	69	2001	(None)
shy	9	67	2819	1	shy
thy	9	70	2291	1	thy
way	9	67	5766	1	way
wha	9	64	2207	1	wha
whey	13	50	1871	1	whey
who	9	55	2677	1	who
whys	13	70	1166	1	whys
wry	9	65	2470	1	wry

Search took 1 second 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	5146	0.250	714764.0
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	9	0.093	55333.3
3	Display Results	9	9	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	0.343	520965.0