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

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

17 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
hardass	11	3	975	(None)
harass	9	3	1394	1	har_ass
badass	9	4	929	2	ba_dass
carcass	11	3	1051	2	carcass
hardasses	13	4	645	2	hardasses
hardcase	14	4	562	2	hardcase
hardens	11	38	1502	2	hardens
hardest	11	31	1841	2	hardest
hardhats	15	4	683	2	hardhats
hardies	11	49	2323	2	hardies
hardness	12	24	1108	2	hardness
hardpans	14	3	645	2	hardpans
hards	9	64	3565	2	hard__s
harness	10	24	1393	2	harness
hartals	10	3	1302	2	hartals
pardahs	13	28	967	2	pardahs
sardars	8	31	1290	2	sardars

Search took 4 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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.453	31181.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.843	46497.8