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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hailstorms” 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
hailstorms	15	5	241	(None)
hailstorm	14	4	306	1	hailstorm_
hailstones	13	4	498	2	hailstones
rainstorms	12	4	365	2	rainstorms
barnstorms	14	4	296	3	barnstorms
brainstorms	15	5	248	3	brainstorms
hailstone	12	4	485	3	hailsto_ne
hairworms	17	4	397	3	hai_rworms
maelstroms	14	11	229	3	maelstroms
rainstorm	11	4	456	3	rainstorm_
sandstorms	13	4	307	3	sandstorms
tailstocks	16	5	244	3	tailstocks

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	140603	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	12	6.546	21479.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.719	26594.9