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

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

9 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
holding	12	35	1428	(None)
folding	12	39	1244	1	folding
hilding	12	37	1353	1	hilding
holdings	13	29	774	1	holdings
holing	10	40	2507	1	hol_ing
holking	15	35	1231	1	holking
hooding	12	38	1520	1	hooding
hording	12	35	1705	1	hording
molding	11	42	1375	1	molding

Search took 2 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	69583	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	9	1.236	56296.9
3	Display Results	9	9	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	1.562	114398.8