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

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

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66 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
warfares	14	3	668	1	warfares
wayfarer	17	4	292	1	wayfarer
wayfarers	18	4	262	1	wayfarers
carfares	13	3	1032	2	carfares
daycares	14	5	480	2	daycares
daymares	14	4	533	2	daymares
fanfares	14	3	677	2	fanfares
warfare	13	3	673	2	warfare_
welfares	14	4	554	2	welfares
afars	8	57	1651	3	_a_far_s
affaires	14	4	430	3	_affaires
airfares	11	4	669	3	airfares
barwares	13	6	1009	3	barwares
bayards	13	37	968	3	bay_ards
carfare	12	3	1007	3	carfare_
catfaces	15	3	696	3	catfaces
caviares	13	3	799	3	caviares
claywares	17	4	346	3	claywares
daycare	13	5	509	3	daycare_
dayflies	15	3	446	3	dayflies
daymare	13	7	563	3	daymare_
fanfare	13	3	667	3	fanfare_
fares	8	58	5287	3	___fares
gaydars	12	3	580	3	gaydar_s
hayforks	21	4	342	3	hayforks
haylages	15	3	601	3	haylages
haywards	18	4	587	3	haywards
haywires	17	4	404	3	haywires
infares	10	3	1302	3	_infares
mayflies	16	4	491	3	mayflies
safaris	10	11	1066	3	sa_faris
taffarel	14	4	256	3	taffarel
taffarels	15	4	186	3	taffarels
wafered	14	28	843	3	wa_fered
wafers	12	43	1614	3	wa_fer_s
waffies	16	36	1144	3	wa_ffies
wafflers	17	30	632	3	wafflers
waffles	16	32	998	3	wa_ffles
waftages	15	10	539	3	waftages
wafters	13	41	1281	3	wa_fters
waftures	14	3	485	3	waftures
wakames	16	3	528	3	wa_kames
wannabes	13	4	447	3	wannabes
wantages	12	10	902	3	wantages
wares	8	82	5058	3	w___ares
warfarin	14	4	498	3	warfarin
warfarins	15	4	473	3	warfarins
warpages	14	3	705	3	warpages
wastages	12	10	975	3	wastages
watapes	12	22	838	3	wa_tapes
wattages	12	10	678	3	wattages
wattapes	13	9	525	3	wattapes
wayfaring	19	4	251	3	wayfaring
wayfarings	20	4	178	3	wayfarings
waylayer	17	4	315	3	waylayer
waylayers	18	4	294	3	waylayers
waylays	16	3	467	3	wayla_ys
waysides	15	4	445	3	waysides
wayward	17	3	605	3	waywar_d
welfare	13	3	571	3	welfare_
wetwares	14	4	595	3	wetwares
wharfages	19	4	263	3	wharfages
wheyfaces	23	5	152	3	wheyfaces
workfares	19	4	339	3	workfares
zaffars	22	32	523	3	zaffar_s
zaffres	22	32	499	3	za_ffres

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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	66	6.076	24055.6
3	Display Results	66	66	0.033	2000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	66	6.532	27356.2