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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hanks” with Change Limit: [1] [2]

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.

19 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
hanks	12	62	2686	(None)
banks	11	55	2790	1	banks
hacks	14	49	2871	1	hacks
haiks	12	51	2093	1	haiks
hands	9	53	2738	1	hands
hangs	9	57	2672	1	hangs
hank	11	51	3413	1	hank_
hanky	15	54	1829	1	hanky
hants	8	63	3540	1	hants
harks	12	63	3343	1	harks
hawks	15	54	1570	1	hawks
honks	12	51	2452	1	honks
hunks	12	53	2145	1	hunks
ranks	9	52	2573	1	ranks
shanks	13	53	1558	1	shanks
tanks	9	46	2473	1	tanks
thanks	13	43	1313	1	thanks
wanks	12	61	2448	1	wanks
yanks	12	53	1657	1	yanks

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.080	2233637.5
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	19	0.590	48739.0
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	0.686	260482.5