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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “watapes” 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.

21 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
watapes	12	22	838	(None)
watape	11	20	848	1	watape_
wataps	11	24	868	1	watap_s
wattapes	13	9	525	1	wattapes
agapes	9	52	1241	2	_agapes
ataps	7	64	1483	2	_atap_s
canapes	11	12	1308	2	canapes
etapes	8	54	1529	2	_etapes
retapes	9	39	1742	2	retapes
sarapes	9	46	1775	2	sarapes
stapes	8	50	2873	2	_stapes
tapes	7	58	3860	2	__tapes
waftages	15	10	539	2	waftages
wakames	16	3	528	2	wakames
wantages	12	10	902	2	wantages
wastages	12	10	975	2	wastages
watap	10	21	1167	2	watap__
watches	15	30	1737	2	watches
wattages	12	10	678	2	wattages
wattape	12	13	538	2	wattape_
wattles	10	38	1407	2	wattles

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.436	31336.1
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.809	46912.8