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

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

20 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
heraldry	15	4	280	(None)
herald	10	3	1134	2	herald__
heralded	13	3	544	2	heralded
heraldic	14	4	516	2	heraldic
heralds	11	3	771	2	herald_s
heady	12	51	1726	3	he_a_d_y
healer	9	42	2180	3	he_aler_
healers	10	43	1946	3	he_alers
healthy	16	41	608	3	he_althy
hellery	13	32	921	3	he_llery
heralding	14	3	577	3	heralding
heraldist	13	4	640	3	heraldist
heraldries	14	4	397	3	heraldries
hermitry	16	4	445	3	hermitry
heronry	13	4	604	3	her_onry
herry	11	49	2247	3	her___ry
herstory	14	4	669	3	herstory
horary	12	3	1038	3	hora__ry
ribaldry	14	4	170	3	ribaldry
sealery	10	40	1105	3	se_alery

Search took 9 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	20	8.063	18127.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	8.502	21017.5