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

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

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
hatter	9	47	2487	(None)
batter	8	49	2887	1	batter
chatter	12	44	1664	1	chatter
fatter	9	45	2321	1	fatter
hafter	12	48	1588	1	hafter
halter	9	44	2088	1	halter
hater	8	50	3475	1	ha_ter
hatted	10	49	2151	1	hatted
hatters	10	42	2152	1	hatters
hitter	9	44	1986	1	hitter
hotter	9	47	2007	1	hotter
latter	6	50	2789	1	latter
matter	8	43	2534	1	matter
natter	6	44	2074	1	natter
patter	8	46	2826	1	patter
phatter	12	38	1020	1	phatter
ratter	6	43	2631	1	ratter
shatter	10	36	1569	1	shatter
tatter	6	40	2457	1	tatter
watter	9	32	2198	1	watter
yatter	9	41	1621	1	yatter

Search took 2 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	48755	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	21	0.906	53813.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	1.059	168735.6