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

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

26 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
wataps	11	24	868	(None)
ataps	7	64	1483	1	_ataps
watap	10	21	1167	1	watap_
watape	11	20	848	1	watape
watapes	12	22	838	1	watapes
atap	6	67	2245	2	_atap_
catnaps	11	9	703	2	catnaps
jalaps	15	29	918	2	jalaps
katas	9	59	2209	2	kata_s
ratals	6	42	1958	2	ratals
ratans	6	38	1937	2	ratans
satays	9	44	1168	2	satays
satraps	9	50	1164	2	satraps
taps	6	60	5067	2	__taps
tatars	6	46	1979	2	tatars
waps	9	66	4208	2	w__aps
warps	10	71	2642	2	wa_rps
wasps	10	67	1469	2	wa_sps
waters	9	50	3063	2	waters
wats	7	75	5588	2	wat__s
wattape	12	13	538	2	wattape
wattapes	13	9	525	2	wattapes
watts	8	69	2309	2	wat_ts
whaps	13	51	1516	2	w_haps
witans	9	34	1293	2	witans
wraps	10	56	1715	2	w_raps

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	82551	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	2.593	31836.1
3	Display Results	26	26	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	2.986	59842.9