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

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

13 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
hydrous	14	19	788	(None)
hydrops	16	19	741	1	hydrops
hydros	13	27	936	1	hydro_s
anhydrous	16	5	271	2	anhydrous
hadrons	11	33	1430	2	hadrons
hideous	11	6	843	2	hideous
hydras	13	23	931	2	hydr_as
hydrids	15	26	723	2	hydrids
hydro	12	25	942	2	hydro__
hydroid	15	3	971	2	hydroid
hydroids	16	4	776	2	hydroids
hydropsy	20	18	415	2	hydropsy
hydroxy	24	5	426	2	hydroxy

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	13	3.063	35152.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.453	51749.5