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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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26 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
hernia	9	3	1229	(None)
herniae	10	3	904	1	herniae
hernial	10	3	1043	1	hernial
hernias	10	3	1077	1	hernias
ceria	7	51	2535	2	cer_ia
feria	8	59	2271	2	fer_ia
heinie	9	25	1266	2	heinie
henna	8	44	1404	2	he_nna
herdic	12	31	1230	2	herdic
herein	9	37	1779	2	herein
herma	10	53	1888	2	her_ma
hermai	11	89	1286	2	hermai
hermit	11	5	1944	2	hermit
hern	7	61	3489	2	hern__
herniate	11	4	811	2	herniate
herns	8	48	2558	2	hern_s
heroic	11	35	1692	2	heroic
heroin	9	44	2059	2	heroin
kerria	10	33	991	2	kerria
pennia	8	44	1297	2	pennia
pereia	8	52	1798	2	pereia
pernio	8	5	1314	2	pernio
tenia	5	53	2448	2	te_nia
terbia	8	3	1115	2	terbia
vernix	16	3	663	2	vernix
xenia	12	48	1477	2	xe_nia

Search took 3 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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	2.466	33475.7
3	Display Results	26	26	0.016	1625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	2.842	62875.1