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

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

20 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
hexane	16	37	953	(None)
hexade	17	43	890	1	hexade
hexanes	17	31	946	1	hexanes
hexone	16	28	923	1	hexone
cetane	8	3	1528	2	cetane
decane	9	38	1887	2	decane
exine	12	55	1849	2	_exine
heave	11	45	2181	2	he_ave
henbane	12	3	735	2	henbane
heptane	12	3	836	2	heptane
hexad	16	49	1062	2	hexa_d
hexades	18	37	870	2	hexades
hexads	17	46	819	2	hexads
hexamine	20	4	687	2	hexamine
hexing	17	42	1051	2	hexing
hexones	17	29	914	2	hexones
hexose	16	26	784	2	hexose
humane	11	28	1217	2	humane
recane	8	30	2287	2	recane
rexine	13	47	1944	2	rexine

Search took 3 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	82551	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	2.500	33020.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	2.830	63141.7