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

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

25 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
hydroid	15	3	971	(None)
hydrid	14	24	897	1	hydr_id
hydroids	16	4	776	1	hydroids
android	9	3	1151	2	android
droid	7	42	1854	2	__droid
hyaloid	14	3	907	2	hyaloid
hybrid	15	23	781	2	hybr_id
hydatid	15	4	652	2	hydatid
hydracid	18	4	498	2	hydracid
hydria	13	22	790	2	hydr_ia
hydric	15	22	795	2	hydr_ic
hydride	15	25	750	2	hydr_ide
hydrids	15	26	723	2	hydr_ids
hydro	12	25	942	2	hydro__
hydronic	17	4	809	2	hydronic
hydropic	19	4	727	2	hydropic
hydrops	16	19	741	2	hydrops
hydros	13	27	936	2	hydro_s
hydrous	14	19	788	2	hydrous
hydroxide	24	4	540	2	hydroxide
hydroxy	24	5	426	2	hydroxy
hyenoid	14	4	861	2	hyenoid
hyoid	12	6	1244	2	hy__oid
hypnoid	16	4	788	2	hypnoid
thyroid	14	3	825	2	thy_roid

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	2.780	38730.6
3	Display Results	25	25	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.173	56316.1