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

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

20 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
hobbit	13	28	1054	(None)
hobbits	14	31	755	1	hobbits
bobbin	9	34	1073	2	bobbin
dobbin	11	33	952	2	dobbin
gobbet	11	42	1444	2	gobbet
habit	10	30	2702	2	h_abit
henbit	11	14	1200	2	henbit
hobbed	14	41	1430	2	hobbed
hobber	13	41	1463	2	hobber
hobbies	14	38	1334	2	hobbies
hobbing	15	28	1112	2	hobbing
hobble	13	39	1343	2	hobble
hobby	15	59	1373	2	hobb_y
hobbyist	18	4	347	2	hobbyist
howbeit	15	4	566	2	howbeit
obit	6	68	3708	2	_o_bit
orbit	7	36	2206	2	_orbit
rabbit	10	29	1456	2	rabbit
robbin	10	36	1118	2	robbin
sobeit	8	3	1536	2	sobeit

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	82551	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	2.513	32849.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	2.639	67711.6