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

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

23 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
hangnails	13	5	300	(None)
hangnail	12	5	366	1	hangnail_
agnails	8	3	700	2	_a_gnails
bangtails	12	4	359	2	bangtails
handrails	13	4	651	2	handrails
agnail	7	3	953	3	_a_gnail_
annals	6	64	1592	3	_an_na_ls
bangtail	11	4	435	3	bangtail_
engrails	9	4	538	3	_engrails
fantails	11	3	969	3	fan_tails
handballs	15	11	618	3	handballs
handmaids	16	4	454	3	handmaids
handrail	12	4	730	3	handrail_
hangable	14	3	821	3	hang_able
hangars	11	43	1349	3	hang_a_rs
hangnests	13	4	454	3	hangnests
hangtags	13	4	416	3	hangta_gs
hobnails	13	4	330	3	h_obnails
manganins	12	4	712	3	manganins
ringtails	10	4	444	3	ringtails
shanghais	16	4	288	3	shanghai_s
unnails	7	3	822	3	_un_nails
wagtails	12	4	444	3	wa_gtails

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	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	23	7.110	20905.9
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	7.282	24538.7