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

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

21 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
hydra	12	24	922	(None)
hydrae	13	25	857	1	hydrae
hydras	13	23	931	1	hydras
hydria	13	22	790	1	hydria
hydro	12	25	942	1	hydro
eyra	7	62	1755	2	ey_ra
hijra	15	3	564	2	hijra
hora	7	61	3656	2	h_ora
hydrant	14	8	905	2	hydrant
hydrase	14	28	766	2	hydrase
hydrate	14	23	981	2	hydrate
hydriae	14	24	690	2	hydriae
hydric	15	22	795	2	hydric
hydrid	14	24	897	2	hydrid
hydros	13	27	936	2	hydros
hyena	11	8	1025	2	hyena
hyla	10	67	1651	2	hy_la
hypha	16	3	738	2	hypha
hyrax	18	3	803	2	hy_rax
lycra	10	31	797	2	lycra
mudra	8	39	1243	2	mudra

Search took 2 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	53800	0.296	603685.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	21	1.516	35488.1
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	1.812	98615.3