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

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

15 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
wideners	12	25	799	(None)
widener	11	31	869	1	widener_
wideness	12	25	947	1	wideness
wieners	10	32	1248	1	wi_eners
liveners	11	21	793	2	liveners
ripeners	10	3	683	2	ripeners
wakeners	15	3	584	2	wakeners
whiteners	15	3	524	2	whiteners
widders	12	35	1227	2	wid_ders
widened	12	32	805	2	widene_d
widens	10	62	1272	2	widen__s
widowers	15	3	511	2	widowers
wiener	9	45	1354	2	wi_ener_
winners	10	43	1691	2	wi_nners
wiseness	11	20	1075	2	wiseness

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	121059	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.580	33815.4
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.736	47829.5