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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “headquarters” 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
headquarters	25	6	143	(None)
headquarter	24	5	150	1	headquarter_
headquartered	27	7	90	2	headquartered
hindquarters	25	9	133	2	hindquarters
headhunters	18	5	205	3	headhu_nters
headmasters	17	17	430	3	head_masters
headquartering	28	7	90	3	headquartering
headwaiters	18	5	262	3	head_waiters
headwaters	17	5	425	3	head_wa_ters
hindquarter	24	10	136	3	hindquarter_
forequarters	24	5	162	4	forequarters
headgates	14	4	638	4	head_ga_te_s
headhunter	17	6	224	4	headhu_nter_
headmaster	16	20	464	4	head_master_
headwaiter	17	5	291	4	head_waiter_
headwater	16	5	503	4	head_wa_ter_
quarters	17	31	1045	4	____quarters

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	124790	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	17	6.956	17939.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.372	24239.1