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

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

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83 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
hickey	18	50	1199	(None)
dickey	16	59	1352	1	dickey
hickeys	19	50	822	1	hickeys
hockey	18	48	1315	1	hockey
mickey	17	42	1185	1	mickey
rickey	15	46	1397	1	rickey
bicker	14	48	1917	2	bicker
chickee	18	31	1155	2	chickee
chicken	18	27	898	2	chicken
crickey	18	41	814	2	crickey
dicey	11	48	1933	2	dic_ey
dicked	14	49	2086	2	dicked
dicker	13	45	2140	2	dicker
dickeys	17	47	930	2	dickeys
dicky	15	48	1624	2	dick_y
dikey	13	51	1642	2	di_key
dinkey	14	48	1276	2	dinkey
fickly	18	31	853	2	fickly
hacked	16	49	2351	2	hacked
hackee	15	49	2183	2	hackee
hacker	15	48	2269	2	hacker
hackly	18	29	873	2	hackly
hackney	19	3	512	2	hackney
hawkey	19	50	763	2	hawkey
hick	13	55	3030	2	hick__
hickie	15	38	1247	2	hickie
hickies	16	36	1474	2	hickies
hickory	19	4	390	2	hickory
hicks	14	53	2217	2	hick_s
hike	11	68	3039	2	hi_ke_
hiked	13	59	1920	2	hi_ked
hiker	12	51	1939	2	hi_ker
hikes	12	54	2698	2	hi_kes
hinky	15	56	1875	2	hink_y
hocked	16	55	2130	2	hocked
hocker	15	51	1856	2	hocker
hockeys	19	50	927	2	hockeys
hoicked	17	3	596	2	hoicked
hokey	15	54	2218	2	h_okey
honkey	16	51	1382	2	honkey
hookey	16	47	1393	2	hookey
hunkey	16	42	1088	2	hunkey
icker	11	40	1844	2	_icker
icky	13	63	1575	2	_ick_y
jockey	22	40	803	2	jockey
kicked	12	44	1594	2	kicked
kicker	11	41	1618	2	kicker
kicky	13	50	1233	2	kick_y
lackey	15	48	1335	2	lackey
licked	13	46	2156	2	licked
licker	12	52	2204	2	licker
mickeys	18	44	794	2	mickeys
nicked	13	50	1968	2	nicked
nickel	12	38	1134	2	nickel
nicker	12	38	1870	2	nicker
picked	15	44	2131	2	picked
picker	14	44	2217	2	picker
picket	14	49	2431	2	picket
picky	16	54	1694	2	pick_y
pinkey	15	43	1467	2	pinkey
ricked	13	65	2362	2	ricked
rickety	16	47	831	2	rickety
rickeys	16	54	898	2	rickeys
shicker	16	39	1482	2	shicker
sicked	13	45	2440	2	sicked
sickee	12	46	2222	2	sickee
sicken	12	46	1525	2	sicken
sicker	12	40	2390	2	sicker
sickly	15	31	1048	2	sickly
tackey	15	46	1308	2	tackey
thicken	16	31	787	2	thicken
thicker	16	36	1102	2	thicker
thicket	16	32	1307	2	thicket
thickety	20	27	410	2	thickety
thickly	19	41	557	2	thickly
ticked	13	47	2052	2	ticked
ticker	12	43	2150	2	ticker
ticket	12	45	2485	2	ticket
whicker	19	35	977	2	whicker
whiskey	20	44	558	2	whiskey
wicked	16	43	1741	2	wicked
wicker	15	45	1867	2	wicker
wicket	15	53	1894	2	wicket

Search took 4 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	0.216	827273.1
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	83	3.250	25400.3
3	Display Results	83	83	0.033	2515.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	83	3.499	51069.2