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

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

22 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
hawthorn	17	4	355	(None)
hawthorns	18	4	282	1	hawthorns
hawthorny	21	5	155	1	hawthorny
althorn	10	4	776	2	_althorn
hartshorn	15	4	364	2	hartshorn
lanthorn	11	4	719	2	lanthorn
alphorn	12	4	639	3	_alphorn
althorns	11	4	673	3	_althorns
attorn	6	3	1079	3	_a_ttorn
author	9	3	976	3	_author_
authors	10	3	1185	3	_authors
bethorn	12	3	864	3	_bethorn
boxthorn	20	4	369	3	boxthorn
earthborn	14	4	313	3	earthborn
hagborn	13	4	495	3	ha_gborn
hartshorns	16	5	285	3	hartshorns
lanthorns	12	4	601	3	lanthorns
lastborn	10	4	413	3	lastborn
ramshorn	13	4	392	3	ramshorn
saxhorn	17	4	422	3	sa_xhorn
shorthorn	15	4	399	3	shorthorn
thorn	8	53	1870	3	___thorn

Search took 8 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	146162	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	22	7.140	20470.9
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.576	23586.5