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

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

14 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
herniae	10	3	904	(None)
hernia	9	3	1229	1	hernia_
hernial	10	3	1043	1	hernial
hernias	10	3	1077	1	hernias
herniate	11	4	811	1	herniate
feriae	9	56	1860	2	fer_iae
heinie	9	25	1266	2	heini_e
hermae	11	53	1447	2	her_mae
herniated	13	4	601	2	herniated
herniates	12	4	733	2	herniates
heroine	10	35	1748	2	heroine
heroize	19	32	1096	2	heroize
kernite	11	5	947	2	kernite
teniae	6	45	1735	2	te_niae

Search took 4 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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	3.030	35535.0
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.390	52711.2