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

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

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
longhair	12	4	267	(None)
longhairs	13	4	273	1	longhairs
longhaired	15	5	176	2	longhaired
longhand	13	4	449	2	longhand
cochair	14	4	631	3	co_chair
longan	7	56	1236	3	long_a_n
longans	8	45	1081	3	long_ans
longer	7	58	2320	3	long__er
longhands	14	4	361	3	longhands
longhead	13	4	508	3	longhead
longheads	14	4	423	3	longheads
longhorn	12	4	542	3	longhorn
longship	14	4	409	3	longship
longspur	11	5	209	3	longspur
longueur	9	4	241	3	longueur
longways	15	4	387	3	longways
mohair	11	3	520	3	mo__hair
unchair	12	3	616	3	_unchair
unhair	9	3	733	3	_un_hair
wingchair	18	5	147	3	wingchair

Search took 9 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	146162	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	20	8.080	18089.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	8.532	20943.6