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

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

17 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
hookahs	17	44	666	(None)
hookah	16	48	824	1	hookah_
hookas	13	53	1250	1	hooka_s
hoorahs	13	39	961	1	hoorahs
hooka	12	55	1390	2	hooka__
hookers	14	49	1652	2	hookers
hookeys	17	44	896	2	hookeys
hookies	14	40	1744	2	hookies
hooks	12	50	2712	2	hook__s
hookups	16	3	327	2	hookups
hoorah	12	44	1111	2	hoorah_
hoorays	13	41	838	2	hoorays
horahs	12	63	1387	2	h_orahs
houdahs	14	3	424	2	houdahs
howdahs	17	3	361	2	howdahs
loofahs	13	36	462	2	loofahs
moolahs	12	34	738	2	moolahs

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	107671	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.126	34443.7
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.499	51069.2