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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hanseled” 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
hanseled	12	3	771	(None)
handseled	14	4	440	1	handseled
hanselled	13	4	548	1	hanselled
aneled	7	47	1928	2	_an_eled
angeled	9	32	1151	2	_angeled
canceled	13	27	940	2	canceled
channeled	15	4	491	2	channeled
easeled	8	15	986	2	ea_seled
handled	12	41	1453	2	han_dled
handselled	15	4	338	2	handselled
hankered	16	28	944	2	hankered
hansel	9	52	1437	2	hansel__
hansels	10	40	1166	2	hansel_s
hassled	11	35	830	2	ha_ssled
hayseed	14	3	563	2	hayse_ed
hirseled	12	10	625	2	hirseled
houseled	12	3	728	2	houseled
paneled	10	6	1257	2	pan_eled
tasseled	9	3	560	2	tasseled
tinseled	9	3	576	2	tinseled

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	121059	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.420	35397.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.859	46305.0