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

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

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
hawkshaws	25	5	171	(None)
hawkshaw	24	4	196	1	hawkshaw_
hacksaws	20	4	392	2	hacks_aws
backsaws	19	4	680	3	backs_aws
bashaws	15	34	771	3	ba__shaws
cashaws	15	39	857	3	ca__shaws
hacksaw	19	4	371	3	hacks_aw_
hacksawn	20	4	267	3	hacks_awn
handsaws	15	4	587	3	hands_aws
kickshaws	20	5	222	3	kickshaws
rickshaws	21	4	261	3	rickshaws
rikshaws	18	5	265	3	_rikshaws

Search took 7 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	12	6.030	24650.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.453	27691.2