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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hessians” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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78 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
hessians	11	4	505	(None)
hessian	10	3	585	1	hessian_
cessions	10	3	985	2	cessions
hessites	11	3	861	2	hessites
lesbians	10	4	360	2	lesbians
messans	9	27	1046	2	mess_ans
messiahs	13	4	396	2	messiahs
sessions	8	3	972	2	sessions
thespians	14	4	284	2	thespians
assigns	8	3	619	3	_assigns
cassias	9	35	1434	3	cassia_s
cassinas	10	36	1064	3	cassinas
cesarians	11	4	636	3	cesarians
cessing	10	38	1481	3	cessi_ng
cession	9	3	981	3	cession_
chessman	15	4	482	3	chessman_
designs	9	32	831	3	de_signs
desmans	10	3	900	3	de_smans
destains	9	3	1181	3	destains
ensigns	8	3	635	3	_ensigns
eosins	6	44	1916	3	_eosi_ns
espials	9	3	709	3	_espials
essays	9	6	565	3	_ess_ays
essoins	7	3	760	3	_essoins
etesians	8	4	547	3	etesians
fessing	11	38	1286	3	fessi_ng
fissions	11	3	803	3	fissions
fustians	11	4	640	3	fustians
gentians	9	3	756	3	gentians
gossans	8	3	678	3	goss_ans
hassiums	13	4	427	3	hassiums
hellions	11	3	1002	3	hellions
hemins	11	34	1757	3	he_mi_ns
hernias	10	3	1077	3	hernia_s
heroins	10	35	1801	3	heroi_ns
hesitant	11	4	908	3	hesitant
hessite	10	3	899	3	hessi_te
hetmans	12	18	759	3	he_tmans
hexosans	18	4	412	3	hexosans
hissies	10	39	1582	3	hissi_es
hissing	11	42	1314	3	hissi_ng
hissings	12	55	675	3	hissings
hussars	10	32	698	3	huss_ars
hussies	10	32	1329	3	hussi_es
jessant	14	3	844	3	jess_ant
jessing	15	37	1062	3	jessi_ng
lesbian	9	4	446	3	lesbian_
lesions	7	38	1387	3	le_sions
lessens	7	40	938	3	less_ens
lessons	7	38	1102	3	less_ons
medians	10	32	1421	3	me_dians
mesian	8	43	1550	3	me_sian_
messan	8	39	1206	3	mess_an_
messiah	12	4	679	3	messia_h
messianic	13	4	295	3	messianic
messianism	14	5	372	3	messianism
messing	10	39	1639	3	messi_ng
messman	11	3	728	3	messman_
missions	10	3	1190	3	missions
passions	10	3	1058	3	passions
pensions	10	3	1169	3	pensions
pepsins	11	3	1043	3	pepsi_ns
reassigns	10	7	435	3	reassigns
resigns	8	39	1096	3	re_signs
resins	6	45	2877	3	re_si_ns
retsinas	8	38	796	3	retsinas
seisins	7	36	1439	3	seisi_ns
session	7	3	976	3	session_
sestinas	8	24	913	3	sestinas
tensions	8	3	1022	3	tensions
tertians	8	3	910	3	tertians
therians	11	3	831	3	the_rians
thespian	13	4	320	3	thespian_
versions	11	3	1035	3	versions
vesuvians	15	4	174	3	vesuvians
wessand	11	4	483	3	wess_and
wessands	12	4	368	3	wess_ands
yessing	11	32	1006	3	yessi_ng

Search took 8 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	146162	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	78	6.563	22270.6
3	Display Results	78	78	0.030	2600.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	78	7.013	25480.0