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

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

16 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
backhand	20	4	743	(None)
backhands	21	4	630	1	backhands
backland	17	4	810	1	backland
bacchant	17	4	780	2	bacchant
backbend	19	4	478	2	backbend
backhanded	23	11	466	2	backhanded
backhander	22	14	494	2	backhander
backhaul	19	4	513	2	backhaul
backhoed	20	4	700	2	backhoed
backlands	18	4	682	2	backlands
backward	20	4	810	2	backward
backyard	20	4	684	2	backyard
barehand	14	4	615	2	barehand
blackland	18	4	465	2	blackland
deckhand	19	4	310	2	deckhand
dockhand	19	5	339	2	dockhand

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.203	37795.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.359	53197.7