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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hodads” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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40 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
hodads	11	4	796	(None)
hodad	10	3	1135	1	hodad_
aoudads	9	7	376	2	aoudads
audads	8	16	710	2	audads
codas	8	47	2424	2	coda_s
dads	6	74	4277	2	__dads
doodads	10	3	509	2	doodads
goads	7	70	2285	2	go_ads
gonads	8	45	1173	2	gonads
heads	9	51	2711	2	h_eads
hexads	17	46	820	2	hexads
hoards	10	49	1262	2	hoards
hoars	8	59	2555	2	ho_ars
hodaddy	16	4	213	2	hodaddy
hods	8	72	3986	2	ho__ds
hogans	10	59	1431	2	hogans
holards	11	4	843	2	holards
holds	9	46	2324	2	ho_lds
honans	9	48	1450	2	honans
hondas	10	3	1335	2	honda_s
hoods	9	51	2408	2	ho_ods
horahs	12	63	1387	2	horahs
horas	8	63	3310	2	hora_s
houdahs	14	3	424	2	houdahs
hounds	10	44	1313	2	hounds
howdahs	17	3	361	2	howdahs
hoyas	11	50	1616	2	hoya_s
iodids	8	37	1115	2	iodids
loads	6	53	2337	2	lo_ads
modals	9	39	1446	2	modals
monads	9	45	1530	2	monads
nomads	9	47	1160	2	nomads
odahs	9	56	1008	2	_odahs
odas	5	72	3026	2	_oda_s
odds	6	89	1992	2	_od_ds
roads	6	65	2362	2	ro_ads
sodas	6	41	2354	2	soda_s
toads	6	56	2107	2	to_ads
todays	10	45	810	2	todays
woads	9	48	1844	2	wo_ads

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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	40	2.170	38041.9
3	Display Results	40	40	0.016	2500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	40	2.546	70185.0