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

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

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
hairbrushes	19	5	169	(None)
airbrushes	15	5	217	1	_airbrushes
airbrushed	16	5	155	2	_airbrushed
hairbrush	17	5	180	2	hairbrush__
nailbrushes	16	5	130	2	nailbrushes
airbrush	13	4	234	3	_airbrush__
airbuses	10	6	708	3	_airb_us_es
airbusses	11	5	362	3	_airb_usses
hagbushes	18	4	256	3	ha_gb_ushes
paintbrushes	19	7	89	3	paintbrushes
sagebrushes	17	5	155	3	sagebrushes
tarbushes	14	4	488	3	ta_rb_ushes

Search took 6 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	12	4.623	26310.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	5.013	35645.5