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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “handkerchiefs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
handkerchiefs	29	11	67	(None)
handkerchief	28	11	91	1	handkerchief_
handkerchieves	30	8	63	2	handkerchieves
kerchiefs	21	4	176	4	____kerchiefs
neckerchiefs	26	6	62	4	_neckerchiefs
anarchies	14	4	818	5	_an__archie_s
chandleries	17	4	433	5	chandler__ie_s
endarchies	16	4	446	5	_end_archie_s
hagiarchies	20	5	216	5	ha_giarchie_s
hankerers	16	22	671	5	han_ker___ers
hankerings	18	24	475	5	han_ker__ings
kerchief	20	4	387	5	____kerchief_
neckerchief	25	6	111	5	_neckerchief_

Search took 9 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	124790	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	13	8.550	14595.3
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	8.936	19996.8