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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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23 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
whirlier	14	17	529	(None)
whirler	13	30	760	1	whirl_er
whirlies	14	16	737	1	whirlies
chillier	13	32	842	2	chillier
chirpier	15	27	630	2	chirpier
girlier	8	28	952	2	_girlier
hillier	10	34	1396	2	_hillier
shirtier	11	3	794	2	shirtier
swirlier	11	3	521	2	swirlier
twirlier	11	3	351	2	twirlier
whinier	13	41	1063	2	whi_nier
whinnier	14	25	500	2	whinnier
whippier	18	26	582	2	whippier
whirled	14	36	804	2	whirl_ed
whirlers	14	28	605	2	whirl_ers
whirliest	15	21	604	2	whirliest
whirling	15	23	716	2	whirling
whirried	15	15	410	2	whirried
whirries	14	13	669	2	whirries
whitier	13	33	1106	2	whi_tier
whizzier	22	3	328	2	whizzier
wilier	9	32	1707	2	w_i_lier
wirier	9	42	1555	2	w_ir_ier

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	3.500	34588.3
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.892	45912.4