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

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

20 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
happened	16	3	565	(None)
append	11	3	827	2	_appen_d
appended	14	3	548	2	_appended
dampened	14	3	562	2	dampened
hampered	16	23	992	2	hampered
happed	14	48	2010	2	happ__ed
happen	13	48	1219	2	happen__
happens	14	35	917	2	happen_s
haptene	12	38	1093	2	haptene_
haptenes	13	38	1082	2	haptenes
hardened	13	3	861	2	hardened
harkened	16	3	748	2	harkened
hastened	12	23	910	2	hastened
havened	14	42	924	2	ha_vened
hyphened	20	4	468	2	hyphened
lappered	13	28	821	2	lappered
lappeted	13	25	583	2	lappeted
lippened	13	25	522	2	lippened
rappeled	13	3	500	2	rappeled
sharpened	15	4	447	2	sharpened

Search took 7 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	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	5.876	20602.3
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	6.045	29560.1