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

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

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50 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
hickeys	19	50	822	(None)
dickeys	17	47	930	1	dickeys
hickey	18	50	1199	1	hickey_
hockeys	19	50	927	1	hockeys
mickeys	18	44	794	1	mickeys
rickeys	16	54	898	1	rickeys
bickers	15	43	1655	2	bickers
chickees	19	25	851	2	chickees
chickens	19	26	743	2	chickens
dickens	14	44	1013	2	dickens
dickers	14	41	1766	2	dickers
dickey	16	59	1352	2	dickey_
dinkeys	15	50	726	2	dinkeys
hackees	16	50	1410	2	hackees
hackers	16	46	1904	2	hackers
hackneys	20	3	368	2	hackneys
hawkeys	20	41	470	2	hawkeys
hickies	16	36	1474	2	hickies
hicks	14	53	2217	2	hick__s
hikers	13	50	1435	2	hi_kers
hikes	12	54	2698	2	hi_ke_s
hockers	16	39	1591	2	hockers
hockey	18	48	1315	2	hockey_
honkeys	17	43	951	2	honkeys
hookeys	17	44	896	2	hookeys
hunkeys	17	38	619	2	hunkeys
ickers	12	39	1418	2	_ickers
jockeys	23	36	595	2	jockeys
kickers	12	40	1329	2	kickers
lackeys	16	45	826	2	lackeys
lickers	13	41	1825	2	lickers
mickey	17	42	1185	2	mickey_
nickels	13	33	865	2	nickels
nickers	13	44	1509	2	nickers
pickers	15	37	1809	2	pickers
pickets	15	43	1418	2	pickets
pinkeys	16	37	821	2	pinkeys
rickets	13	49	1509	2	rickets
rickey	15	46	1397	2	rickey_
shickers	17	30	1282	2	shickers
sickees	13	45	1421	2	sickees
sickens	13	44	1148	2	sickens
thickens	17	26	641	2	thickens
thickets	17	28	708	2	thickets
tickers	13	36	1772	2	tickers
tickets	13	41	1368	2	tickets
whickers	20	29	798	2	whickers
whiskeys	21	35	338	2	whiskeys
wickers	16	41	1470	2	wickers
wickets	16	40	1094	2	wickets

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	50	2.860	37647.2
3	Display Results	50	50	0.013	3846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	50	3.233	55271.0