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

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

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
woefully	17	4	418	(None)
wofully	16	4	452	1	wo_fully
dolefully	16	4	398	2	dolefully
hopefully	20	4	369	2	hopefully
irefully	14	4	594	2	irefully
joyfully	24	4	283	2	joyfully
ruefully	14	4	522	2	ruefully
usefully	14	4	459	2	usefully
wakefully	22	4	348	2	wakefully
wilfully	17	4	375	2	wilfully
woeful	12	3	636	2	woefu_l_
woefuller	15	4	210	2	woefuller

Search took 5 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	12	3.670	32986.1
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.046	44164.9