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

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

15 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
widthways	22	5	179	(None)
widthway	21	4	194	1	widthway_
birthdays	18	5	168	3	birthdays
fishways	20	4	364	3	fi_shways
hideaways	19	4	246	3	hideaways
highways	21	4	412	3	hi_ghways
midways	16	38	618	3	mid__ways
pathways	19	4	427	3	_pathways
sideways	15	4	523	3	sid_eways
tideways	15	4	456	3	tid_eways
wasteways	18	4	311	3	wasteways
widths	13	3	512	3	width___s
widthwise	19	5	150	3	widthwise
windways	18	4	504	3	wi_ndways
wireways	17	4	583	3	wi_reways

Search took 7 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	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	15	6.393	23250.6
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.846	26101.5