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

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

12 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
whilom	14	3	613	(None)
hilum	10	55	1460	2	_hilum
shalom	11	8	1092	2	shalom
sholom	11	9	1011	2	sholom
whelm	13	46	1198	2	whel_m
while	11	54	1869	2	whil_e
whiled	13	45	1413	2	whiled
whiles	12	44	1801	2	whiles
whilst	12	3	914	2	whilst
whim	12	62	2053	2	whi__m
whitlow	16	4	285	2	whitlow
whom	12	70	1818	2	wh__om

Search took 3 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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	12	2.360	34979.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	2.733	65382.7