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

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

14 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
whiptails	17	4	290	(None)
whiptail	16	4	328	1	whiptail_
whipstalls	18	5	231	2	whipstalls
whitetails	16	5	303	2	whitetails
hightails	16	4	531	3	_hightails
pigtails	11	4	603	3	_pigtails
pintails	10	3	1016	3	_pintails
shirttails	13	6	265	3	shirttails
wagtails	12	4	444	3	w_agtails
whiprays	19	4	250	3	whipra_ys
whipsaws	19	4	269	3	whipsa_ws
whipstall	17	5	255	3	whipsta_ll
whitetail	15	4	316	3	whitetail_
whities	13	31	1325	3	whi_t_ies

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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	14	6.126	24264.0
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.562	27231.2