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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “backhandedly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

17 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
backhandedly	28	6	124	(None)
backhanded	23	11	466	2	backhanded__
backhander	22	14	494	3	backhande__r
backhanders	23	12	380	3	backhande_rs
backhand	20	4	743	4	backhan__d__
backhanding	24	5	376	4	backhand_ing
backhands	21	4	630	4	backhan__d_s
backhauled	22	5	325	4	backhauled__
backwardly	25	5	257	4	backwa__rdly
barehanded	17	4	344	4	barehanded__
blackhander	23	6	302	4	blackhande__r
blackhanders	24	6	240	4	blackhande_rs
evenhandedly	23	7	111	4	evenhandedly
forehandedly	23	6	161	4	forehandedly
freehandedly	23	6	138	4	freehandedly
offhandedly	25	6	94	4	_offhandedly
openhandedly	22	8	117	4	openhandedly

Search took 8 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	124790	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	17	6.876	18148.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.312	24438.0