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

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

18 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
narwhales	15	4	316	(None)
narwhale	14	4	322	1	narwhale_
narwhals	14	4	361	1	narwhal_s
narghiles	13	4	354	2	narghiles
narwals	10	3	698	2	narw_al_s
narwhal	13	4	433	2	narwhal__
armholes	13	4	738	3	_armholes
barwares	13	6	1009	3	barw_ares
earwaxes	18	4	470	3	earw_axes
marshaled	15	4	464	3	marshaled
marshalls	14	4	483	3	marshalls
marshals	13	3	778	3	marshal_s
narghile	12	4	403	3	narghile_
nargiles	9	7	679	3	nar_giles
narrates	8	3	1276	3	nar_rates
narthexes	19	4	387	3	narthexes
narwal	9	3	894	3	narw_al__
whales	12	47	1694	3	___whales

Search took 10 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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	8.643	17197.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	9.076	19688.3