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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “maidenhairs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

14 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
maidenhairs	17	6	105	(None)
maidenhair	16	5	119	1	maidenhair_
maidenheads	18	5	144	3	maidenheads
maidenhoods	18	5	190	3	maidenhoods
camelhairs	17	5	185	4	ca_melhairs
maidenhead	17	5	150	4	maidenh_ead
maidenhood	17	5	203	4	maidenh_ood
maidens	10	34	966	4	maiden____s
mainsails	11	4	485	4	mai__nsails
maintains	11	6	710	4	mai__ntains
menhirs	12	3	591	4	m___enh_irs
midairs	10	3	720	4	m_id___airs
underhairs	14	4	545	4	_underhairs
wirehairs	15	4	295	4	_wire_hairs

Search took 10 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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	14	8.906	16710.0
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	9.342	19127.7