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

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

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.

22 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
strawhat	14	4	549	(None)
astrachan	14	4	448	3	astrachan
astrakhan	16	5	178	3	astrakhan
somewhat	16	4	354	3	somewhat
sradha	10	8	533	3	s_radha_
sradhas	11	7	615	3	s_radhas
starwort	11	9	868	3	starwort
straight	12	4	918	3	straight
strait	6	40	2589	3	stra__it
straphang	15	11	392	3	straphang
strata	6	36	1628	3	stra_ta_
stratal	7	27	1060	3	stra_tal
stratas	7	30	1358	3	stra_tas
strath	9	32	1637	3	strath__
straths	10	27	1172	3	strath_s
straw	8	133	2129	3	straw___
strawed	11	48	1361	3	straw_ed
strawier	11	3	749	3	strawier
strawiest	12	3	721	3	strawiest
strawing	12	24	1162	3	strawing
straws	9	87	1867	3	straw__s
strawy	12	103	1282	3	straw__y

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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	22	7.203	20291.8
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.626	23431.8