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

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

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.

20 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
chidden	14	25	522	(None)
hidden	11	42	974	1	_hidden
bidden	10	40	1079	2	_bidden
chicken	18	27	898	2	chicken
chide	11	53	2101	2	chi_de_
chided	13	51	1396	2	chi_ded
chider	12	51	1605	2	chi_der
chides	12	46	2047	2	chi_des
childe	12	47	1121	2	childe_
childes	13	42	1127	2	childes
children	14	7	470	2	children
chirren	12	38	874	2	chirren
chudder	14	24	594	2	chudder
hodden	11	38	1145	2	_hodden
midden	10	41	1285	2	_midden
ridden	8	35	1172	2	_ridden
shodden	12	26	576	2	shodden
slidden	9	3	515	2	slidden
swidden	12	3	423	2	swidden
whidded	16	3	442	2	whidded

Search took 4 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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	2.986	36058.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.372	52992.6