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

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

9 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
hardware	15	4	628	(None)
hardwares	16	4	656	1	hardwares
hardwire	15	4	462	1	hardwire
barware	12	6	1070	2	bar_ware
hardcase	14	4	562	2	hardcase
hardcore	14	4	604	2	hardcore
hardwired	17	4	287	2	hardwired
hardwires	16	4	464	2	hardwires
shareware	15	4	433	2	shareware

Search took 5 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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	9	3.656	33112.4
3	Display Results	9	9	0.013	692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	4.059	44023.4