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

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

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
hearkens	15	33	669	(None)
harkens	14	41	1286	1	h_arkens
hearken	14	33	802	1	hearken_
heartens	11	30	1015	1	heartens
bedarkens	16	4	339	2	bedarkens
darkens	12	40	987	2	_darkens
hardens	11	38	1502	2	h_ardens
harken	13	51	1634	2	h_arken_
hearers	10	43	1978	2	hear_ers
hearkened	17	4	445	2	hearkened
hearkener	16	4	421	2	hearkener
hearkeners	17	4	398	2	hearkeners
hearses	10	44	1453	2	hearse_s
hearten	10	24	1175	2	hearten_
heathens	14	32	1015	2	heathens
heavens	13	43	930	2	hea_vens
hoarsens	11	30	602	2	hoarsens
weakens	14	36	706	2	wea_kens

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	4.483	27004.0
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.876	36647.0