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

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

17 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
hokums	15	3	392	(None)
hokum	14	3	677	1	hokum_
doums	8	54	1764	2	do_ums
forums	11	46	1184	2	forums
hakims	15	3	730	2	hakims
hakus	12	51	1411	2	haku_s
hocus	10	47	1520	2	hocu_s
hokes	12	62	3164	2	hok_es
holms	10	51	1780	2	ho_lms
hookups	16	3	326	2	hookups
hours	8	54	2239	2	ho_urs
hums	9	68	3142	2	h__ums
jorums	15	40	809	2	jorums
khoums	15	9	401	2	kho_ums
locums	10	47	830	2	locums
oakums	12	6	415	2	oakums
solums	8	52	1133	2	solums

Search took 7 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	0.720	248181.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	17	5.233	15775.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.969	29936.5