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

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

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.

26 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
water	8	47	3331	(None)
cater	7	48	4070	1	cater
dater	6	53	3231	1	dater
eater	5	46	3984	1	eater
gater	6	45	3364	1	gater
hater	8	50	3475	1	hater
later	5	48	4392	1	later
mater	7	44	3886	1	mater
oater	5	54	3373	1	oater
pater	7	47	4072	1	pater
rater	5	49	4328	1	rater
tater	5	41	3861	1	tater
wader	9	53	2536	1	wader
wafer	11	44	1764	1	wafer
wafter	12	41	1461	1	wafter
wager	9	59	2505	1	wager
waiter	9	43	2125	1	waiter
waker	12	55	2659	1	waker
waler	8	42	2926	1	waler
wanter	9	44	2305	1	wanter
waster	9	52	2894	1	waster
waters	9	50	3062	1	waters
watery	12	39	1449	1	watery
watter	9	32	2198	1	watter
waver	11	50	2570	1	waver
waxer	15	43	1748	1	waxer

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	28756	0.080	2233637.5
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	26	0.593	48492.4
3	Display Results	26	26	0.016	1625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	0.689	259348.3