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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “stickhandler” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

12 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
stickhandler	22	6	72	(None)
stickhandle	21	6	90	1	stickhandle_
stickhandled	23	6	67	1	stickhandled
stickhandlers	23	7	66	1	stickhandlers
stickhandles	22	7	77	1	stickhandles
stickhandling	24	6	71	3	stickhandling
backhander	22	14	494	4	_backhand_er
blackhander	23	6	302	4	blackhand_er
chandler	14	35	837	4	___c_handler
stickable	17	4	554	4	stick_a_ble_
stickler	14	25	957	4	stick____ler
stockholder	21	12	309	4	stockhold_er

Search took 7 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	12	6.280	19871.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.670	26790.3