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

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

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.

15 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
rockhounds	20	5	219	(None)
rockhound	19	5	300	1	rockhound_
buckhounds	22	5	251	2	buckhounds
rockbound	18	4	261	2	rockbound_
boarhounds	16	5	202	3	boarhounds
buckhound	21	4	319	3	buckhound_
coonhounds	16	5	219	3	coonhounds
dockhands	20	5	312	3	dockh_ands
elkhounds	17	5	193	3	_elkhounds
foxhounds	23	5	234	3	fo_xhounds
horehounds	17	4	340	3	horehounds
rockhounding	23	6	101	3	rockhounding
rockhoundings	24	6	69	3	rockhound~~ing~~s
rockoons	14	4	500	3	rock_oon_s
wolfhounds	20	5	152	3	wolfhounds

Search took 6 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	15	5.530	25425.5
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.953	30017.0