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

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

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
watchdogs	19	4	218	(None)
watchdog	18	4	224	1	watchdog_
waterdogs	14	4	455	2	waterdogs
hatchings	18	22	567	3	hatchings
warthogs	15	4	483	3	warth_ogs
watchdogged	23	6	70	3	watchdogged
watchers	16	35	1179	3	watch_ers
watches	15	30	1737	3	watch__es
watcheyes	20	10	374	3	watcheyes
watching	17	30	1117	3	watching_
watchout	16	4	701	3	watch_out
watchouts	17	4	404	3	watchouts
watchword	21	4	355	3	watchword
watchwords	22	5	329	3	watchwords
waterdog	13	4	445	3	waterdog_
waterlogs	13	4	538	3	waterlogs
witchings	18	32	530	3	witchings

Search took 8 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	6.890	21573.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.313	24434.7