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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
waterings	13	22	926	(None)
watering	12	23	1632	1	watering_
catering	11	20	1991	2	catering_
craterings	13	4	600	2	craterings
gatherings	15	10	530	2	gatherings
layerings	13	23	568	2	layerings
wafering	15	20	889	2	wafering_
wagering	13	21	952	2	wagering_
waitering	13	3	1072	2	waitering_
wakenings	17	4	304	2	wakenings
wanderings	15	21	583	2	wanderings
waterdogs	14	4	455	2	waterdogs
wateriness	13	4	808	2	wateriness
waterlines	13	4	895	2	waterlines
waterlogs	13	4	538	2	waterlogs
wavering	15	24	1054	2	wavering_
weatherings	18	9	526	2	weatherings

Search took 7 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	121436	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	5.670	21417.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.126	29169.3