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

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

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
hooplas	12	3	920	(None)
hoopla	11	4	763	1	hoopla_
whooplas	16	4	401	1	whooplas
hollas	9	46	1690	2	h_ollas
homoplasy	19	4	489	2	homoplasy
hookas	13	53	1249	2	hoo_kas
hoopers	12	36	1648	2	hoopers
hoopless	13	27	926	2	hoopless
hoopoes	12	12	1248	2	hoopoes
hoopoos	12	9	854	2	hoopoos
hoops	10	56	2107	2	hoop__s
hopples	14	28	1071	2	hopples
moolas	8	36	1559	2	moo_las
whoopla	15	4	263	2	whoopla_

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	14	3.360	32044.9
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.749	47663.6