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

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

24 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
foxhound	22	8	310	(None)
foxhounds	23	5	234	1	foxhounds
fogbound	15	4	295	2	fogbound
foxhunt	20	4	317	2	foxh_unt
boarhound	15	4	277	3	boarhound
chowhound	21	5	231	3	chowhound
cofound	13	3	551	3	co_found
compound	15	5	599	3	compound
confound	14	4	590	3	confound
coonhound	15	4	315	3	coonhound
elkhound	16	4	246	3	elkhound
expound	17	4	437	3	_expound
foghorn	14	4	543	3	foghorn_
foghorns	15	4	411	3	foghorns
found	9	49	1784	3	f___ound
foxhole	20	4	507	3	foxho_le
foxholes	21	4	469	3	foxholes
foxhunted	23	4	155	3	foxh_unted
foxhunts	21	4	199	3	foxh_unts
horehound	16	4	470	3	horehound
hound	9	50	1648	3	___hound
potbound	13	4	403	3	potbound
rockhound	19	5	300	3	rockhound
wolfhound	19	5	191	3	wolfhound

Search took 8 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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	24	7.190	20328.5
3	Display Results	24	24	0.013	1846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	7.623	23441.0