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

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

23 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
heptarchy	22	5	228	(None)
heptarch	18	4	356	1	heptarch_
heptarchs	19	4	304	1	heptarchs
eparchy	17	20	475	2	_ep_archy
hexarchy	26	4	287	2	he_xarchy
pentarchy	19	4	272	2	pentarchy
autarchy	16	4	360	3	_autarchy
endarchy	17	4	334	3	_endarchy
eparch	13	25	842	3	_ep_arch_
eparchs	14	19	624	3	_ep_archs
exarchy	22	19	369	3	_e_xarchy
hagiarchy	21	5	221	3	hagiarchy
headachy	20	4	331	3	heada_chy
heptarchies	21	5	290	3	heptarchies
hierarchy	20	5	273	3	hierarchy
hipparch	20	4	283	3	hipparch_
hipparchs	21	5	245	3	hipparchs
octarchy	18	4	295	3	_octarchy
pentarch	15	4	494	3	pentarch_
pentarchs	16	4	393	3	pentarchs
starchy	15	28	674	3	__starchy
tetrarchy	17	10	333	3	tetrarchy
thearchy	19	4	344	3	the__archy

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	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	23	7.063	21045.0
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	7.249	24650.4