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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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18 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
whirliest	15	21	604	(None)
whirlies	14	16	737	1	whirlies_
chilliest	14	35	891	2	chilliest
chirpiest	16	28	647	2	chirpiest
girliest	9	30	1040	2	_girliest
hilliest	11	39	1411	2	_hilliest
shirtiest	12	3	932	2	shirtiest
swirliest	12	3	629	2	swirliest
twirliest	12	3	450	2	twirliest
whiniest	14	29	875	2	whi_niest
whinniest	15	24	513	2	whinniest
whippiest	19	26	511	2	whippiest
whirlier	14	17	529	2	whirlie_r
whirries	14	13	669	2	whirries_
whitiest	14	25	988	2	whi_tiest
whizziest	23	4	288	2	whizziest
wiliest	10	34	1659	2	w_i_liest
wiriest	10	38	1685	2	w_ir_iest

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	121436	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	18	3.360	36141.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.513	50865.6