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

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

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.

18 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
harls	8	56	3450	(None)
carls	7	70	3742	1	carls
earls	5	61	2751	1	earls
farls	8	57	3111	1	farls
hails	8	52	3164	1	hails
halls	8	56	3378	1	halls
hards	9	64	3565	1	hards
hares	8	62	5554	1	hares
harks	12	63	3343	1	harks
harl	7	57	4000	1	harl_
harms	10	68	2901	1	harms
harps	10	59	2686	1	harps
harts	8	84	4159	1	harts
hauls	8	61	2373	1	hauls
herls	8	52	2643	1	herls
hurls	8	65	2271	1	hurls
jarls	12	61	2096	1	jarls
marls	7	55	3516	1	marls

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.080	2233637.5
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	18	0.576	49923.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	0.672	265909.2