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

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

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
wheedle	14	3	483	(None)
wheedled	16	3	304	1	wheedled
wheedler	15	4	355	1	wheedler
wheedles	15	3	465	1	wheedles
wheeple	15	3	487	1	wheeple
heddle	11	42	1116	2	_heddle
needle	7	33	1061	2	_needle
tweedle	11	3	419	2	tweedle
wheedlers	16	4	320	2	wheedlers
wheel	11	55	1534	2	whee_l_
wheeled	14	31	847	2	whee_led
wheeler	13	29	878	2	whee_ler
wheelie	13	3	620	2	wheelie
wheels	12	38	1172	2	whee_ls
wheepled	17	3	330	2	wheepled
wheeples	16	3	475	2	wheeples
wheeze	21	27	682	2	whee_ze

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.140	34290.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.532	50592.0