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

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

9 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
caterwauls	15	5	259	(None)
caterwaul	14	4	294	1	caterwaul_
caterwauled	17	5	136	2	caterwauled
caterans	10	3	1322	3	cater_a_ns
caterwauling	18	5	170	3	caterwauling
laterals	8	3	1275	3	later_a_ls
materials	11	5	1079	3	materia_ls
waterfalls	16	4	476	3	waterfalls
waterways	18	4	509	3	waterwa_ys

Search took 7 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	140603	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	9	5.893	23859.3
3	Display Results	9	9	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	6.296	28381.7