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

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

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
hairsprings	17	5	220	(None)
hairspring	16	4	330	1	hairspring_
handsprings	18	5	246	2	handsprings
mainsprings	16	7	240	2	mainsprings
daysprings	17	4	157	3	da_ysprings
hairpins	13	6	543	3	hair_p_in_s
hairsprays	18	5	161	3	hairspr_ays
hairstylings	19	5	131	3	hairstylings
hamstrings	16	4	301	3	ha_mstrings
handspring	17	4	386	3	handspring_
harpings	14	37	977	3	ha_r_p_ings
headsprings	18	12	239	3	headsprings
mainspring	15	5	379	3	mainspring_

Search took 10 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	13	8.953	13585.7
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	9.359	19093.0