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

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

13 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
wheyfaces	23	5	152	(None)
wheyface	22	6	155	1	wheyface_
wheyfaced	24	6	95	1	wheyfaced
defaces	13	32	1340	3	_de_faces
effaces	15	27	727	3	__effaces
enfaces	12	21	1091	3	__enfaces
hyraces	15	3	791	3	_h_yraces
prefaces	15	3	1106	3	pre_faces
refaces	12	32	1674	3	_re_faces
welfares	14	4	554	3	w_elfares
wharfages	19	4	263	3	wharfages
whereases	15	4	567	3	whereases
whitefaces	21	6	251	3	whitefaces

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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	13	6.110	24327.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.530	27364.6