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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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11 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
howdahs	17	3	361	(None)
houdahs	14	3	424	1	houdahs
howdah	16	3	472	1	howdah_
hodads	11	4	796	2	ho_dads
hondas	10	3	1335	2	honda_s
hookahs	17	44	666	2	hookahs
hoorahs	13	39	961	2	hoorahs
horahs	12	63	1387	2	ho_rahs
houdah	13	3	517	2	houdah_
howdies	14	29	1195	2	howdies
odahs	9	56	1008	2	_o_dahs

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	11	3.453	31181.9
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.859	46305.0