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

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

21 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
heelball	13	4	389	(None)
heelballs	14	4	343	1	heelballs
beanball	12	6	467	3	beanball
eyeball	12	4	506	3	_eyeball
hairball	13	4	463	3	hairball
handball	14	8	703	3	handball
hardball	14	11	630	3	hardball
healable	13	16	1017	3	healable
heeltap	12	4	372	3	heelta_p
heeltaps	13	4	307	3	heeltaps
herbal	11	25	1349	3	h_erba_l
herbals	12	27	1060	3	h_erbals
highball	17	4	389	3	highball
holdall	11	4	547	3	h_oldall
keelhale	15	6	302	3	keelhale
keelhaul	15	5	205	3	keelhaul
meatball	12	4	451	3	meatball
peelable	12	3	855	3	peelable
reelable	10	3	1159	3	reelable
speedball	14	4	275	3	speedball
wheelbase	17	7	233	3	wheelbase

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	146162	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	21	6.533	22372.9
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	6.969	25640.8