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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “stickhandle” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

14 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
stickhandle	21	6	90	(None)
stickhandled	23	6	67	1	stickhandled
stickhandler	22	6	72	1	stickhandler
stickhandles	22	7	77	1	stickhandles
stickhandlers	23	7	66	2	stickhandlers
stickable	17	4	554	3	stick_a_ble
stickhandling	24	6	71	3	stickhandling
mishandle	15	4	422	4	_mi_shandle
stackable	17	3	599	4	stack_a_ble
stickball	17	4	335	4	stickba__ll
stickballs	18	5	281	4	stickba_lls
stickle	13	24	1097	4	stick____le
stickman	16	4	394	4	stickman___
stockade	15	4	452	4	stock_a_d_e

Search took 9 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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	14	8.376	17767.3
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	8.812	20278.1