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

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

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.

19 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
headphone	18	12	473	(None)
headphones	19	11	475	1	headphones
earphone	13	4	825	2	_earphone
headstone	13	6	547	2	headstone
cellphone	16	4	418	3	cellphone
diaphone	14	4	710	3	dia_phone
earphones	14	4	839	3	_earphones
geophone	14	4	743	3	ge_ophone
headhunt	15	4	469	3	head_hunt
headline	12	12	961	3	head_line
headlong	13	3	412	3	head_long
headnote	12	4	502	3	head_note
headpiece	17	4	280	3	headpiece
headpin	13	3	600	3	headp_in_
headpins	14	3	610	3	headp_ins
headstones	14	6	536	3	headstones
homophone	19	4	784	3	homophone
megaphone	17	4	474	3	megaphone
telephone	14	4	564	3	telephone

Search took 8 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	148641	0.486	367677.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	19	6.500	22867.8
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	6.986	25578.4