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

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

21 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
hoots	8	48	3024	(None)
bhoots	11	45	990	1	bhoots
boots	7	58	3797	1	boots
coots	7	56	3684	1	coots
foots	8	55	2828	1	foots
holts	8	56	2791	1	holts
hoods	9	51	2408	1	hoods
hoofs	11	57	2104	1	hoofs
hooks	12	50	2712	1	hooks
hoops	10	56	2107	1	hoops
hoot	7	57	5209	1	hoot_
hooty	11	50	2243	1	hooty
hosts	8	55	2670	1	hosts
hots	7	83	4932	1	h_ots
loots	5	54	3142	1	loots
moots	7	58	3166	1	moots
oots	4	64	4644	1	_oots
roots	5	59	3367	1	roots
shoots	9	46	1934	1	shoots
soots	5	55	3620	1	soots
toots	5	53	3187	1	toots

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	21	0.546	52666.7
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	0.688	259725.3