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

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

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.

22 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
pithead	13	41	959	(None)
pinhead	13	34	707	1	pinhead
pitheads	14	33	814	1	pitheads
pithed	12	46	1561	1	pithe_d
pothead	13	38	1039	1	pothead
airhead	11	3	699	2	airhead
bighead	14	12	665	2	bighead
cathead	13	3	875	2	cathead
fathead	14	3	786	2	fathead
gilthead	13	4	332	2	gilthead
hothead	14	34	929	2	hothead
kithed	14	46	1301	2	kithe_d
pinheads	14	33	624	2	pinheads
pished	12	48	1706	2	pishe_d
pitched	15	35	1292	2	pitche_d
pitied	9	40	1725	2	pitie_d
pitted	9	43	1959	2	pitte_d
potheads	14	29	854	2	potheads
printhead	15	4	343	2	printhead
shithead	15	3	552	2	shithead
tithed	10	41	1559	2	tithe_d
withed	13	44	1623	2	withe_d

Search took 4 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	107671	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	2.970	36252.9
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.389	52726.8