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

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

14 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
caterwaul	14	4	294	(None)
caterwauls	15	5	259	1	caterwauls
caterwauled	17	5	136	2	caterwauled
cameral	11	3	1128	3	camer_a_l
cateran	9	3	1377	3	cater_a_n
caterans	10	3	1322	3	cater_ans
caterwauling	18	5	170	3	caterwaul~~ing~~
lateral	7	3	1357	3	later_a_l
material	10	3	1410	3	materia_l
maternal	10	4	780	3	materna_l
paternal	10	3	833	3	paterna_l
waterfall	15	4	458	3	waterfall
waterway	17	4	556	3	waterwa_y
waterways	18	4	509	3	waterways

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	14	7.390	20113.8
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	7.813	22871.0