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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hexyl” 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
hexyl	18	4	446	(None)
hexyls	19	3	343	1	hexyls
beryl	10	12	1167	2	beryl
dexy	15	61	1855	2	dexy_
heal	7	56	4569	2	he_al
heel	7	50	3422	2	he_el
heil	7	63	2893	2	he_il
hell	7	56	3789	2	he_ll
hemal	10	44	1980	2	hemal
herl	7	58	3455	2	he_rl
hex	13	74	3617	2	hex__
hexad	16	49	1062	2	hexad
hexed	16	56	1576	2	hexed
hexer	15	51	1668	2	hexer
hexes	15	51	2304	2	hexes
hexylic	22	4	303	2	hexylic
hey	9	67	4106	2	he_y_
phenyl	14	3	532	2	phenyl
sexy	14	64	1802	2	sexy_
vexil	15	3	896	2	vexil

Search took 3 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	53800	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	20	1.953	27547.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	2.079	85950.5