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

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

21 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
dockhands	20	5	312	(None)
deckhands	20	4	308	1	deckhands
dockhand	19	5	339	1	dockhand_
docklands	17	4	315	1	docklands
backhands	21	4	630	2	backhands
deckhand	19	4	310	2	deckhand_
dockland	16	4	371	2	dockland_
dockyards	20	4	298	2	dockyards
backhand	20	4	743	3	backhand_
backlands	18	4	682	3	backlands
cowhands	17	6	526	3	co_whands
dickheads	20	4	363	3	dickheads
dockages	16	3	598	3	dock_ages
dockyard	19	4	328	3	dockyard_
downlands	14	5	385	3	downlands
forehands	16	5	674	3	forehands
lochans	12	4	883	3	loc_han_s
longhands	14	4	361	3	longhands
neckbands	18	4	238	3	neckbands
pochards	16	4	685	3	poc_hards
rockhounds	20	5	219	3	rockhounds

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	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	21	7.016	21186.0
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	7.419	24085.6