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

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

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.

13 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
hairstyles	16	5	223	(None)
hairstyle	15	6	220	1	hairstyle_
hairstylist	17	6	164	2	hairstylist
epistyles	14	5	414	3	epi_styles
hailstones	13	4	498	3	hailstones
hairstyling	18	5	192	3	hairstyling
hairstylings	19	5	131	3	hairstylings
hairstylists	18	6	127	3	hairstylists
hirsles	10	15	1007	3	h_irs__les
hypostyles	21	5	377	3	hypostyles
misstyles	14	4	502	3	_misstyles
peristyles	15	4	386	3	peristyles
warstles	11	36	880	3	wa_rst_les

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	13	6.093	23076.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.499	27495.2