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

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

14 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
handiwork	20	4	301	(None)
handiworks	21	4	269	1	handiworks
handwork	19	4	690	1	hand_work
handworks	20	4	670	2	hand_works
fancywork	24	5	195	3	fancywork
hackwork	19	4	511	3	ha_ckwork
hairwork	18	4	507	3	ha_irwork
handbook	18	4	473	3	hand_book
handier	11	38	1744	3	handi_er_
handworker	21	4	321	3	hand_worker
headwork	19	4	579	3	head_work
sandworm	14	4	634	3	sand_worm
sandwort	12	4	1008	3	sand_wort
yardwork	19	4	451	3	yard_work

Search took 8 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	148641	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	14	6.576	22603.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.982	25593.1