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

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

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
hairbrush	17	5	180	(None)
airbrush	13	4	234	1	_airbrush
hairbrushes	19	5	169	2	hairbrushes
nailbrush	14	5	118	2	nailbrush
airbrushed	16	5	155	3	_airbrushed
airbrushes	15	5	217	3	_airbrushes
airburst	10	4	423	3	_airburst
airbus	8	4	834	3	_airb_us_
hagbush	16	4	262	3	ha_gb_ush
paintbrush	17	5	67	3	paintbrush
sagebrush	15	5	140	3	sagebrush
tarbush	12	3	417	3	ta_rb_ush

Search took 9 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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	12	7.983	18619.7
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	8.435	21184.5