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

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

21 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
hookah	16	48	824	(None)
hooka	12	55	1390	1	hooka_
hookahs	17	44	666	1	hookahs
hookas	13	53	1250	1	hookas
hoorah	12	44	1111	1	hoorah
hooch	13	58	1370	2	hoo_ch
hook	11	61	3328	2	hook__
hooked	14	53	2055	2	hooked
hooker	13	48	2017	2	hooker
hookey	16	47	1393	2	hookey
hooks	12	50	2712	2	hook_s
hookup	15	3	442	2	hookup
hooky	15	52	2026	2	hook_y
hoorahs	13	39	961	2	hoorahs
hooray	12	30	1137	2	hooray
hootch	14	38	641	2	hootch
horah	11	79	2205	2	h_orah
houdah	13	3	517	2	houdah
howdah	16	3	472	2	howdah
loofah	12	37	581	2	loofah
moolah	11	40	919	2	moolah

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	2.593	31836.1
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	2.952	60532.2