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

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

15 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
hemistichs	20	5	338	(None)
hemistich	19	4	607	1	hemistich_
hexastichs	25	4	182	2	hexastichs
armistices	14	4	367	3	armistices
distichs	14	4	763	3	__distichs
ekistics	14	8	570	3	_ekistic_s
eristics	10	6	1019	3	_eristic_s
hematics	15	17	1219	3	hem_atic_s
hemstitch	19	5	268	3	hem_stitch_
hemstitches	21	5	229	3	hem_stitches
heuristics	15	4	331	3	heuristic_s
hexastich	24	4	334	3	hexastich_
semiotics	13	7	691	3	semiotic_s
telestichs	15	11	322	3	telestichs
tristichs	14	4	461	3	_tristichs

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	15	6.860	20496.1
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	7.279	24548.8