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

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

22 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
whelming	17	30	492	(None)
helming	13	37	1200	1	_helming
whelping	17	24	533	1	whelping
helling	11	46	2322	2	_helling
helping	13	35	1222	2	_helping
helving	14	40	1113	2	_helving
hemming	15	26	997	2	_hemming
shelling	12	35	1521	2	shelling
shelving	15	27	817	2	shelving
theming	13	36	1047	2	the_ming
unhelming	15	3	549	2	unhelming
welding	12	32	1325	2	w_elding
welling	11	29	2031	2	w_elling
welting	11	36	1531	2	w_elting
whaling	14	39	1077	2	whal_ing
whamming	19	27	522	2	whamming
wheeling	15	31	859	2	wheeling
wheeping	17	33	710	2	wheeping
wheezing	24	31	538	2	wheezing
whetting	15	3	597	2	whetting
whiling	14	35	1174	2	whil_ing
wielding	13	28	686	2	wielding

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	3.470	34887.3
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.860	46293.0