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

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

11 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
hairdos	11	3	682	(None)
hairdo	10	3	643	1	hairdo_
cairds	9	64	1151	2	caird_s
hairs	8	62	2517	2	hair__s
hards	9	64	3565	2	ha_rd_s
heirdom	13	4	449	2	heirdom
heirdoms	14	4	435	2	heirdoms
lairds	7	47	1161	2	laird_s
shairds	11	21	626	2	shaird_s
weirdos	11	35	512	2	weirdos
yairds	10	44	802	2	yaird_s

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	11	3.593	29966.9
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.999	44683.9