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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hern” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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.

18 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
hern	7	61	3489	(None)
ern	3	57	3835	1	_ern
fern	7	61	2932	1	fern
hen	6	75	5527	1	he_n
her	6	65	4781	1	her_
herb	9	47	3096	1	herb
herd	8	49	3306	1	herd
here	7	64	4710	1	here
herl	7	58	3455	1	herl
herm	9	56	3615	1	herm
herns	8	48	2558	1	herns
hero	7	46	3578	1	hero
heron	8	50	2550	1	heron
hers	7	58	4487	1	hers
hewn	10	67	1985	1	hewn
horn	7	67	3561	1	horn
kern	8	53	2621	1	kern
tern	4	61	3480	1	tern

Search took 1 second 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	13983	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	18	0.250	55932.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	0.313	570897.8