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

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

21 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
hernias	10	3	1077	(None)
hernia	9	3	1229	1	hernia_
herniae	10	3	904	1	herniae
hernial	10	3	1043	1	hernial
cerias	8	33	2198	2	cer_ias
ferias	9	50	2039	2	fer_ias
heinies	10	25	1454	2	heinies
hennas	9	42	1180	2	he_nnas
henries	10	27	1828	2	henries
herdics	13	24	952	2	herdics
hermits	12	3	1214	2	hermits
herniate	11	4	811	2	herniate
herniates	12	4	733	2	herniates
herns	8	48	2558	2	hern__s
heroics	12	29	1200	2	heroics
heroins	10	35	1801	2	heroins
herries	10	40	2507	2	herries
kerrias	11	28	951	2	kerrias
tenias	6	47	2007	2	te_nias
terbias	9	3	1074	2	terbias
xenias	13	37	1297	2	xe_nias

Search took 6 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	107671	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	5.423	19854.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	5.546	32219.8