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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “howdah” 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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13 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
howdah	16	3	472	(None)
houdah	13	3	517	1	houdah
howdahs	17	3	361	1	howdahs
hodad	10	3	1135	2	ho_dad
honda	9	4	1498	2	honda_
hondas	10	3	1335	2	hondas
hookah	16	48	824	2	hookah
hoorah	12	44	1111	2	hoorah
horah	11	79	2205	2	ho_rah
houdahs	14	3	424	2	houdahs
howdie	13	34	973	2	howdie
howdy	15	57	1141	2	howd_y
odah	8	70	1893	2	_o_dah

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	13	2.436	33887.9
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	2.779	64300.5