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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “handball” 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
handball	14	8	703	(None)
handballs	15	11	618	1	handballs
handbell	14	11	452	1	handbell
handbill	14	11	516	1	handbill
hardball	14	11	630	1	hardball
hairball	13	4	463	2	hairball
handbag	14	9	586	2	handba_g
handbags	15	11	636	2	handbags
handbells	15	9	436	2	handbells
handbills	15	11	474	2	handbills
handrail	12	4	730	2	handrail
hardballs	15	11	554	2	hardballs
landfall	12	4	420	2	landfall

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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	3.826	31641.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.235	42193.9