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

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

12 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
stagehand	14	4	297	(None)
stagehands	15	5	233	1	stagehands
ataghan	11	4	465	3	atag_han_
ataghans	12	4	426	3	atag_hans
barehand	14	4	615	3	_barehand
chargehand	20	5	152	3	chargehand
spaceband	16	4	231	3	spaceband
staged	8	45	2156	3	stage___d
staggard	11	4	451	3	stag_gard
staghound	14	5	246	3	staghound
stagnant	9	4	689	3	stag_nant
statehood	13	8	426	3	statehood

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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	12	7.626	19491.3
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	8.062	22164.6