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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “horsehair” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

18 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
horsehair	15	9	365	(None)
horsehairs	16	8	368	1	horsehairs
horsecar	13	4	451	2	horseca_r
horsetail	12	4	468	2	horsetail
corsair	9	3	763	3	cors__air
crosshair	14	4	313	3	crosshair
horseback	20	4	426	3	horseback
horsecars	14	4	476	3	horsecars
horsehide	16	4	454	3	horsehide
horseman	13	4	682	3	horsema_n
horserace	14	4	572	3	horserace
horseshit	15	4	478	3	horseshit
horseshoer	16	13	367	3	horseshoer
horsetails	13	4	473	3	horsetails
horsewhip	20	5	254	3	horsewhip
housemaid	15	4	389	3	housemaid
shorthair	15	4	302	3	shor_thair
wirehair	14	4	334	3	wir_ehair

Search took 8 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	7.546	19698.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.985	22378.3