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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “handler” 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
handler	11	35	1616	(None)
candler	10	35	1659	1	candler
chandler	14	35	837	1	chandler
dandler	9	44	1427	1	dandler
hander	10	45	2643	1	hand_er
handier	11	38	1744	1	handier
handle	10	42	1929	1	handle_
handled	12	41	1453	1	handled
handlers	12	40	1414	1	handlers
handles	11	40	2065	1	handles
landler	8	41	1320	1	landler

Search took 3 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	69583	0.673	265514.1
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	11	1.436	48456.1
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	2.125	84089.9