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

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

17 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
picowaves	19	10	289	(None)
picowave	18	10	279	1	picowave_
picowaved	20	10	222	1	picowaved
microwaves	20	4	536	2	microwaves
airwaves	14	4	472	3	ai_rwaves
cowages	13	3	1093	3	__cowages
microwave	19	4	503	3	microwave_
microwaved	21	5	401	3	microwaved
packwaxes	27	4	341	3	packwaxes
pickaxes	23	4	491	3	pic_kaxes
picolines	13	3	962	3	picolines
picomoles	15	4	591	3	picomoles
picotees	12	4	711	3	pico_tees
picowaving	21	5	223	3	picowaving
picrates	12	20	1321	3	pic_rates
pilotages	12	4	550	3	pilotages
pinwales	13	6	796	3	pi_nwales

Search took 9 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	17	7.893	18832.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	8.079	22118.0