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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “swaddling” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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
swaddling	15	4	381	(None)
saddling	11	23	959	1	s_addling
twaddling	15	5	271	1	twaddling
waddling	14	23	793	1	_waddling
addling	10	22	983	2	__addling
daddling	12	25	823	2	_daddling
paddling	13	21	864	2	_paddling
raddling	11	22	977	2	_raddling
sandling	10	22	1441	2	s_andling
spraddling	15	4	231	2	spraddling
straddling	13	4	364	2	straddling
swarding	13	5	900	2	sward_ing
swindling	14	13	583	2	swindling
twiddling	15	4	308	2	twiddling
wadding	13	37	1194	2	_wadd_ing
waddying	17	20	472	2	_waddying
widdling	14	22	874	2	_widdling

Search took 4 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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	3.376	35970.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.779	47285.3