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

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

15 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
hippos	13	40	843	(None)
hippo	12	36	906	1	hippo_
dipsos	9	53	1005	2	dipsos
hillos	9	46	1889	2	hillos
hipped	14	43	1769	2	hipped
hipper	13	38	1802	2	hipper
hippest	14	21	976	2	hippest
hippie	13	28	1124	2	hippie
hippies	14	28	1375	2	hippies
hippish	17	3	618	2	hippish
hippy	15	51	1279	2	hipp_y
hips	9	64	3370	2	hi_p_s
hypos	13	120	1474	2	h_ypos
shippon	14	28	580	2	shippon
shippons	15	25	566	2	shippons

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	15	2.483	33246.5
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	2.842	62875.1