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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hydroids” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

19 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
hydroids	16	4	776	(None)
hydrids	15	26	723	1	hydr_ids
hydroid	15	3	971	1	hydroid_
androids	10	4	775	2	androids
droids	8	47	1258	2	__droids
hyaloids	15	4	599	2	hyaloids
hybrids	16	23	602	2	hybr_ids
hydatids	16	4	383	2	hydatids
hydracids	19	4	384	2	hydracids
hydrid	14	24	897	2	hydr_id_
hydride	15	25	750	2	hydr_ide
hydrides	16	27	694	2	hydr_ides
hydrops	16	19	741	2	hydro_ps
hydros	13	27	936	2	hydro__s
hydrous	14	19	788	2	hydro_us
hydroxide	24	4	540	2	hydroxide
hydroxides	25	4	490	2	hydroxides
hyoids	13	7	767	2	hy__oids
thyroids	15	4	600	2	thy_roids

Search took 5 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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.686	32842.9
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	4.092	43668.4