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

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

16 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
hellions	11	3	1002	(None)
hellion	10	3	1113	1	hellion_
billions	10	22	1179	2	billions
bullions	10	17	1004	2	bullions
cullions	10	21	922	2	cullions
helicons	13	3	761	2	helicons
helios	9	48	1663	2	he_lio_s
helling	11	46	2322	2	helli_ng
helloes	10	37	1746	2	hell_oes
helloing	12	15	912	2	helloing
hellos	9	53	2168	2	hell_o_s
jillions	15	17	828	2	jillions
millions	10	17	1243	2	millions
mullions	10	19	1035	2	mullions
pillions	10	16	1092	2	pillions
zillions	17	16	807	2	zillions

Search took 5 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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	4.250	28484.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.686	38132.9