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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hawklike” 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
hawklike	17	3	449	(None)
dawnlike	16	3	467	2	dawnlike
fawnlike	18	4	414	2	fawnlike
hairlike	15	3	667	2	hairlike
halolike	15	3	740	2	halolike
handlike	16	3	915	2	handlike
harelike	15	3	961	2	harelike
hatlike	14	33	1171	2	ha_tlike
hawkie	16	38	1009	2	hawk_i_e
hooklike	14	3	512	2	hooklike
husklike	14	3	361	2	husklike
jawlike	21	11	600	2	jaw_like
lawlike	14	13	707	2	law_like
masklike	13	3	559	2	masklike
oaklike	10	26	800	2	oa_klike
parklike	13	3	749	2	parklike
sacklike	13	3	730	2	sacklike
sawlike	14	13	844	2	saw_like
sharklike	15	4	393	2	sharklike
tanklike	11	3	601	2	tanklike

Search took 5 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.640	33258.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.016	44494.8