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

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

27 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
hers	7	58	4487	(None)
ers	3	60	4628	1	_ers
hears	8	67	3737	1	hears
hehs	10	67	2396	1	hehs
heirs	8	56	1856	1	heirs
hems	9	55	3494	1	hems
hens	7	56	4257	1	hens
her	6	65	4781	1	her_
herb	9	47	3096	1	herb
herbs	10	55	2050	1	herbs
herd	8	49	3306	1	herd
herds	9	64	2468	1	herds
here	7	64	4710	1	here
heres	8	62	4590	1	heres
herl	7	58	3455	1	herl
herls	8	52	2643	1	herls
herm	9	56	3615	1	herm
herms	10	56	2643	1	herms
hern	7	61	3489	1	hern
herns	8	48	2558	1	herns
hero	7	46	3578	1	hero
heros	8	49	3086	1	heros
hes	6	66	5420	1	he_s
hets	7	55	4720	1	hets
hews	10	56	3157	1	hews
hoers	8	57	2492	1	hoers
sers	4	57	4665	1	sers

Search took 2 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	13983	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	27	0.533	26234.5
3	Display Results	27	27	0.016	1687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	0.672	265909.2