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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hydro” 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
hydro	12	25	942	(None)
hydra	12	24	922	1	hydra
hydros	13	27	936	1	hydros
andro	6	3	1416	2	andro
gyro	8	52	1788	2	gy_ro
hadron	10	29	1375	2	hadron
hero	7	46	3578	2	h_ero
hydrae	13	25	857	2	hydrae
hydras	13	23	931	2	hydras
hydria	13	22	790	2	hydria
hydric	15	22	795	2	hydric
hydrid	14	24	897	2	hydrid
hydroid	15	3	971	2	hydroid
hydrops	16	19	741	2	hydrops
hydrous	14	19	788	2	hydrous
hydroxy	24	5	426	2	hydroxy
hypo	12	75	1635	2	hy_po
pedro	8	3	1315	2	pedro
pyro	9	60	1939	2	py_ro
tyro	7	66	2236	2	ty_ro

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	20	1.470	36598.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	1.779	100444.6