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

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

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
hydrangea	17	5	252	(None)
hydrangeas	18	5	212	1	hydrangeas
hydrae	13	25	857	3	hydra__e_
hydragog	17	4	305	3	hydra_gog
hydrant	14	8	905	3	hydran__t
hydranth	18	7	389	3	hydran_th
hydranths	19	8	316	3	hydranths
hydrants	15	8	579	3	hydran_ts
hydrase	14	28	766	3	hydra_se_
hydrases	15	22	764	3	hydra_ses
hydrate	14	23	981	3	hydra_te_
hydrated	16	21	695	3	hydra_ted
hydrates	15	22	941	3	hydra_tes
hydrogel	16	4	475	3	hydr_ogel
hydrogen	16	4	628	3	hydr_ogen
midrange	12	4	443	3	midrange_
midranges	13	4	465	3	midranges

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	6.813	21817.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.249	24650.4