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

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

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.

23 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
wages	9	53	3093	(None)
ages	5	58	4459	1	_ages
cages	8	59	3601	1	cages
gages	7	45	2997	1	gages
mages	8	50	3602	1	mages
pages	8	52	3507	1	pages
rages	6	45	3944	1	rages
sages	6	53	3906	1	sages
swages	10	44	1707	1	swages
wades	9	56	3414	1	wades
waes	7	60	4860	1	wa_es
wage	8	48	3408	1	wage_
waged	10	48	2278	1	waged
wager	9	59	2505	1	wager
wagers	10	51	2220	1	wagers
wags	8	61	4055	1	wag_s
wakes	12	66	3365	1	wakes
wales	8	61	4283	1	wales
wames	10	64	3280	1	wames
wanes	8	50	4088	1	wanes
wares	8	82	5058	1	wares
waves	11	56	3392	1	waves
waxes	15	58	2550	1	waxes

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	23	0.546	52666.7
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	0.622	287284.6