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

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

15 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
inhalers	11	6	664	(None)
inhaler	10	6	805	1	inhaler_
inhales	10	5	1186	1	inhale_s
inhaulers	12	6	324	1	inhaulers
halers	9	49	2691	2	__halers
impalers	12	22	697	2	impalers
inhale	9	4	1151	2	inhale__
inhaled	11	6	933	2	inhale_d
inhauler	11	6	394	2	inhauler_
inholders	13	4	535	2	inholders
inhumers	13	6	482	2	inhumers
inlayers	11	3	564	2	inlayers
invaders	12	10	530	2	invaders
thalers	10	62	1226	2	_thalers
whalers	13	52	970	2	_whalers

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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.233	37444.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.626	49280.5