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

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

11 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
walks	12	62	1850	(None)
balks	11	49	2629	1	balks
calks	11	54	2160	1	calks
talks	9	43	2269	1	talks
wacks	14	66	2628	1	wacks
wales	8	61	4283	1	wales
walk	11	56	2561	1	walk_
walls	8	55	2938	1	walls
wanks	12	61	2448	1	wanks
warks	12	79	3240	1	warks
wauks	12	55	1516	1	wauks

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	11	0.516	55728.7
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	0.592	301842.9