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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “headmistresses” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

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
headmistresses	20	6	118	(None)
headmistress	18	6	144	2	headmistre_s_s
seamstresses	13	5	225	3	sea_m_stresses
distresses	11	4	885	4	___d_istresses
editresses	11	6	507	4	_e_d_i_tresses
headdresses	16	8	369	4	head___dresses
headinesses	15	3	984	4	head_i__nesses
headlessnesses	17	13	706	4	headlessnesses
mistresses	12	4	799	4	____mistresses
postmistresses	17	6	121	4	postmistresses
sempstresses	15	5	220	4	se__mpstresses
taskmistresses	19	6	71	4	taskmistresses
toastmistresses	16	7	75	4	toastmistresses

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	65874	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	13	3.050	21598.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.389	52726.8