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

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

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
wifes	11	45	2256	(None)
fifes	11	48	2239	1	fifes
wides	9	48	3282	1	wides
wife	10	52	2802	1	wife_
wifed	12	51	1774	1	wifed
wifey	14	49	1367	1	wifey
wifeys	15	42	587	1	wifeys
wiles	8	54	3787	1	wiles
wines	8	55	4686	1	wines
wipes	10	48	2708	1	wipes
wires	8	60	3491	1	wires
wises	8	56	3319	1	wises
wites	8	55	3696	1	wites
wives	11	53	2892	1	wives
wizes	17	47	2334	1	wizes

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	15	0.436	65954.1
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	0.499	358098.2