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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “whereabouts” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

20 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
whereabouts	19	5	143	(None)
hereabouts	15	5	275	1	_hereabouts
thereabouts	16	5	181	1	thereabouts
whereabout	18	5	243	1	whereabout_
hereabout	14	5	506	2	_hereabout_
thereabout	15	5	306	2	thereabout_
breakouts	15	5	383	4	__breakouts
freakouts	16	4	324	4	__freakouts
marabouts	13	6	496	4	_mar_abouts
readouts	9	3	890	4	___readouts
rouseabouts	13	5	145	4	rouseabouts
stirabouts	12	5	217	4	stir_abouts
turnabouts	12	5	210	4	_turnabouts
walkabouts	19	5	156	4	w_alkabouts
whaleboats	18	5	249	4	whale_boats
whereas	13	44	890	4	wherea____s
whereases	15	4	567	4	wherea__ses
whereat	13	43	1192	4	wherea___t_
wherefores	19	8	339	4	where_fores
whiteouts	15	4	317	4	white__outs

Search took 10 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	148819	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	20	9.080	16389.8
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	9.532	18746.4