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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “waistband” 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
waistband	15	4	224	(None)
waistbands	16	5	220	1	waistbands
wristband	15	4	210	1	wristband
wristbands	16	5	200	2	wristbands
cabstand	13	4	441	3	cabst_and
disband	11	3	824	3	_dis_band
hairband	14	4	457	3	hai_rband
hatband	13	4	682	3	ha__tband
passband	13	4	477	3	pa_ssband
rainband	11	4	466	3	rai_nband
waisted	11	42	1094	3	waist__ed
waisting	12	36	1521	3	waist_ing
waistline	12	4	417	3	waistline
washstand	16	5	227	3	washst_and
wasteland	13	4	307	3	wa_steland
watchband	20	4	322	3	watchband
waveband	17	4	344	3	wa_veband
wideband	15	4	445	3	w_ideband

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	148641	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	6.390	23261.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	6.843	26113.0