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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
hoorahs	13	39	960	(None)
hookahs	17	44	665	1	hookahs
hoorah	12	44	1111	1	hoorah_
hoorays	13	41	837	1	hoorays
horahs	12	63	1387	1	h_orahs
coprahs	14	33	815	2	coprahs
dhooras	11	3	594	2	dhoora_s
dourahs	11	48	725	2	dourahs
goorals	8	3	870	2	goorals
hijrahs	20	4	344	2	hijrahs
hookah	16	48	824	2	hookah_
hookas	13	53	1249	2	hooka_s
hoorahed	15	4	509	2	hoorahed
hooray	12	30	1137	2	hoora_y
horah	11	79	2205	2	h_orah_
horas	8	63	3310	2	h_ora_s
houdahs	14	3	424	2	houdahs
howdahs	17	3	361	2	howdahs
hurrahs	13	33	677	2	hurrahs
loofahs	13	36	462	2	loofahs
moolahs	12	34	738	2	moolahs
torahs	9	51	1564	2	_torahs

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	0.143	1249587.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	3.670	29338.1
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.813	46863.6