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

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

11 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
whistlings	17	4	291	(None)
whistling	16	4	473	1	whistling_
whittlings	17	4	222	1	whittlings
chitlings	15	25	590	2	chi_tlings
waistings	13	527	1076	2	waist_ings
waistlines	13	4	389	2	waistlines
whisting	15	32	954	2	whist_ing_
whitings	15	28	706	2	whi_t_ings
whittling	16	3	438	2	whittling_
witlings	12	32	844	2	w_i_tlings
wrestlings	14	4	293	2	wrestlings

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	108824	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	11	2.690	40455.0
3	Display Results	11	11	0.013	846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.076	58092.0