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

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

19 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
hexanes	17	31	946	(None)
hexades	18	37	870	1	hexades
hexane	16	37	953	1	hexane_
hexones	17	29	914	1	hexones
cetanes	9	3	1513	2	cetanes
decanes	10	31	1891	2	decanes
exines	13	57	1580	2	_exines
heaves	12	41	2030	2	he_aves
henbanes	13	3	657	2	henbanes
heptanes	13	3	900	2	heptanes
hexade	17	43	890	2	hexade_
hexads	17	46	819	2	hexa_ds
hexamines	21	4	620	2	hexamines
hexes	15	51	2304	2	hex__es
hexone	16	28	923	2	hexone_
hexoses	17	22	888	2	hexoses
recanes	9	32	2226	2	recanes
rexines	14	47	1915	2	rexines
texases	14	3	757	2	texases

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	107671	0.736	242786.7
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	6.780	15880.7
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	7.532	23724.2