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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “waterleafs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
waterleafs	16	4	270	(None)
waterleaf	15	4	370	1	waterleaf_
waterheads	17	4	424	2	waterheads
waterless	12	3	801	2	waterle_ss
interleaf	12	4	804	3	interleaf_
waterbeds	15	4	488	3	waterbe_ds
watercraft	18	5	395	3	watercraft
watercrafts	19	5	278	3	watercrafts
waterers	11	23	1279	3	water_e_rs
waterhead	16	4	440	3	waterhea_d
waterhens	15	7	496	3	waterhe_ns
waterjets	19	4	446	3	waterje_ts
waterlines	13	4	896	3	waterlines
waterlogs	13	4	539	3	waterl_ogs
waterloos	12	4	605	3	waterl_oos
waterways	18	4	509	3	water_ways
waterweeds	17	4	366	3	waterweeds

Search took 8 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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	6.796	20689.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.216	24763.2