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

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

18 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
handsets	12	25	834	(None)
handsels	12	31	724	1	handsels
handset	11	30	1682	1	handset_
handers	11	42	2433	2	hand_ers
handiest	12	34	1778	2	handiest
handlers	12	40	1414	2	handlers
handles	11	40	2065	2	handle_s
handless	12	35	1206	2	handless
handouts	12	3	823	2	handouts
handsaws	15	4	587	2	handsaws
handsel	11	30	872	2	handse_l
handsewn	15	4	362	2	handsewn
hansels	10	40	1165	2	han_sels
hanses	9	50	2263	2	han_se_s
hardset	11	34	1583	2	hardset_
headsets	12	3	605	2	headsets
mindsets	11	3	568	2	mindsets
wadsets	11	3	644	2	wa_dsets

Search took 7 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	0.796	224486.2
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	5.360	22585.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	6.156	29027.1