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

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

13 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
hayward	17	3	641	(None)
haywards	18	4	587	1	haywards
wayward	17	3	605	1	wayward
award	9	71	1804	2	_a_ward
bayard	12	44	1166	2	bay_ard
haggard	13	37	718	2	haggard
halyard	14	7	697	2	halyard
haywire	16	4	474	2	haywire
hazard	19	3	840	2	ha_zard
manward	13	4	909	2	manward
skyward	18	4	386	2	skyward
vanward	14	5	694	2	vanward
vaward	13	49	872	2	va_ward

Search took 10 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	107671	0.953	187503.7
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	13	8.093	13304.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	9.062	19718.7