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

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

12 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
howks	15	50	1685	(None)
gowks	13	60	1195	1	gowks
hawks	15	54	1570	1	hawks
hocks	14	49	2549	1	hocks
holks	12	47	2056	1	holks
honks	12	51	2452	1	honks
hooks	12	50	2712	1	hooks
howes	11	47	3026	1	howes
howfs	14	48	1450	1	howfs
howk	14	52	2196	1	howk_
howls	11	62	1922	1	howls
hows	10	63	4560	1	how_s

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	0.283	631417.0
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	12	0.500	57512.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	0.783	228213.3