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

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

18 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
airhead	11	3	699	(None)
airheads	12	4	613	1	airheads
acidhead	15	4	279	2	acidhead
ahead	9	68	1705	2	a__head
aired	6	60	3292	2	air_e_d
airheaded	14	4	395	2	airheaded
airshed	11	25	853	2	airshe_d
airted	7	42	1450	2	airte_d
airthed	11	32	830	2	airthe_d
bighead	14	12	665	2	bighead
fairlead	12	4	351	2	fairlead
jarhead	18	3	517	2	jarhead
nailhead	12	4	398	2	nailhead
pinhead	13	34	707	2	pinhead
pithead	13	41	959	2	pithead
railhead	12	4	419	2	railhead
stairhead	13	4	332	2	stairhead
warhead	14	3	660	2	warhead

Search took 5 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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.610	29825.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.046	44164.9