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

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

11 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
hairpins	13	6	543	(None)
hairpin	12	4	541	1	hairpin_
harpins	12	36	1570	1	ha_rpins
hairline	11	3	787	2	hairline
hairlines	12	3	713	2	hairlines
harmins	12	37	1672	2	ha_rmins
harpies	12	38	1832	2	ha_rpies
harpin	11	36	1438	2	ha_rpin_
harping	13	41	1838	2	ha_rping
harpings	14	37	977	2	ha_rpings
hatpins	12	34	1064	2	ha_tpins

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	0.410	435831.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	11	3.670	32986.1
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	4.080	43796.8