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

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

22 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
hexades	18	37	870	(None)
hexade	17	43	890	1	hexade_
hexads	17	46	819	1	hexad_s
hexanes	17	31	946	1	hexanes
decades	11	36	1551	2	decades
evades	10	3	902	2	_evades
exudes	14	37	1036	2	_exudes
hades	9	60	3511	2	h__ades
headed	11	40	2047	2	he_aded
header	10	44	2254	2	he_ader
headers	11	38	1939	2	he_aders
heads	9	51	2711	2	he_ad_s
heaves	12	41	2030	2	he_aves
heredes	11	3	1313	2	heredes
hexad	16	49	1062	2	hexad__
hexadic	20	4	541	2	hexadic
hexane	16	37	953	2	hexane_
hexes	15	51	2304	2	hex__es
hexones	17	29	914	2	hexones
hexoses	17	22	888	2	hexoses
pesades	10	3	1090	2	pesades
texases	14	3	757	2	texases

Search took 9 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	0.810	220606.2
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	7.253	14845.0
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	8.076	22126.2