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

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

16 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
windhover	19	4	246	(None)
windhovers	20	4	221	1	windhovers
windrower	16	4	422	2	windrower
wingover	15	4	430	2	win_gover
handover	15	12	682	3	hand_over
widower	14	3	534	3	wi_d_ower
wincher	15	34	1065	3	winch__er
winder	10	40	2526	3	wind___er
windflower	20	13	301	3	windflower
windier	11	34	1216	3	wind__ier
windowed	16	3	557	3	wind_owed
windrowed	17	4	371	3	windrowed
windrowers	17	4	384	3	windrowers
wingovers	16	4	355	3	win_govers
winnower	14	4	425	3	win_nower
winsomer	13	4	577	3	win_somer

Search took 8 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	0.170	1051123.5
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	16	7.000	21234.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.186	24866.5