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

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

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.

13 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
hailer	9	47	2034	(None)
bailer	8	54	2525	1	bailer
hailed	10	41	2274	1	hailed
hailers	10	40	1726	1	hailers
haler	8	50	3352	1	ha_ler
hauler	9	50	1512	1	hauler
jailer	13	43	1668	1	jailer
mailer	8	47	2418	1	mailer
nailer	6	41	1936	1	nailer
railer	6	45	2493	1	railer
sailer	6	35	2610	1	sailer
tailer	6	38	2373	1	tailer
wailer	9	37	2032	1	wailer

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	48755	0.186	960704.3
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	13	3.906	12482.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.108	43498.3