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

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

22 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
hippo	12	36	906	(None)
hippos	13	40	843	1	hippos
hippy	15	51	1279	1	hippy
chippy	18	43	761	2	chippy
dippy	13	51	1154	2	dippy
dipso	8	51	1155	2	dipso
happy	15	58	1353	2	happy
hillo	8	47	2165	2	hillo
hip	8	67	5044	2	hi_p_
hiply	13	41	1361	2	hiply
hipped	14	43	1769	2	hipped
hipper	13	38	1802	2	hipper
hippie	13	28	1124	2	hippie
hips	9	64	3371	2	hi_ps
hoppy	15	49	1235	2	hoppy
hypo	12	75	1635	2	h_ypo
lippy	12	45	1190	2	lippy
nippy	12	49	1111	2	nippy
shippon	14	28	580	2	shippon
tippy	12	54	1179	2	tippy
whippy	19	38	584	2	whippy
zippy	21	51	874	2	zippy

Search took 3 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	53800	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	22	1.703	31591.3
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	2.016	88636.4