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

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

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
hydrae	13	25	857	(None)
hydra	12	24	922	1	hydra_
hydras	13	23	931	1	hydras
hydrase	14	28	766	1	hydrase
hydrate	14	23	981	1	hydrate
hydriae	14	24	690	1	hydriae
hydrant	14	8	905	2	hydrant
hydrases	15	22	764	2	hydrases
hydrated	16	21	695	2	hydrated
hydrates	15	22	941	2	hydrates
hydria	13	22	790	2	hydria
hydric	15	22	795	2	hydric
hydrid	14	24	897	2	hydrid
hydride	15	25	750	2	hydride
hydro	12	25	942	2	hydr_o
hydros	13	27	936	2	hydros
hyphae	17	4	643	2	hyphae
hyrax	18	3	803	2	hy_rax

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	18	2.126	38829.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	2.499	71505.0