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

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

17 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
featherhead	21	5	307	(None)
featherheads	22	5	259	1	featherheads
featherbed	19	17	466	2	featherbe_d
feathered	16	18	889	2	feather_e_d
featherheaded	24	6	186	2	featherheaded
fathered	15	15	1043	3	f_ather_e_d
fatherhood	20	5	329	3	f_atherhood
featherbeds	20	19	357	3	featherbeds
featherier	16	4	580	3	featherie_r
featheriest	17	4	569	3	featheriest
featherless	17	4	391	3	featherless
heathered	16	14	946	3	heather_e_d
leathered	13	14	871	3	leather_e_d
leatherleaf	17	26	226	3	leatherleaf
letterhead	14	4	236	3	le_tterhead
waterhead	16	4	440	3	_wat_erhead
weathered	16	16	851	3	weather_e_d

Search took 6 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	121633	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	17	4.843	25115.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.236	34127.4