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

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

14 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
hexagonal	20	6	266	(None)
decagonal	13	4	372	2	decagonal
heptagonal	16	5	183	2	heptagonal
hexagon	18	4	382	2	hexagon__
hexagonally	25	5	176	2	hexagonally
hexagons	19	4	394	2	hexagon_s
agonal	7	4	1005	3	___agonal
diagonal	10	9	565	3	_diagonal
hexagram	21	4	368	3	hexag_ram
nonagonal	10	5	527	3	nonagonal
octagonal	12	4	264	3	octagonal
pentagonal	13	6	356	3	pentagonal
seasonal	8	4	726	3	se_asonal
tetragonal	11	5	322	3	tetragonal

Search took 8 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	14	7.266	20457.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	7.702	23200.6