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

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

8 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
hogweed	15	3	444	(None)
hogweeds	16	4	285	1	hogweeds
hogged	12	58	1777	2	hog_ged
hogtied	12	22	665	2	hogtied
howked	17	73	1234	2	ho_wked
howled	13	40	1497	2	ho_wled
pigweed	14	6	509	2	pigweed
ragweed	12	3	507	2	ragweed

Search took 4 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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	8	3.263	32997.5
3	Display Results	8	8	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	3.639	49104.4