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

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

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
scareheads	16	4	338	(None)
scarehead	15	4	380	1	scarehead_
snakeheads	18	5	248	2	snakeheads
soreheads	13	4	607	2	s_oreheads
barehead	14	4	660	3	_barehead_
catheads	14	3	812	3	_ca_theads
cokeheads	19	4	447	3	_cokeheads
foreheads	16	4	703	3	_foreheads
gearheads	14	4	408	3	gear_heads
hardheads	17	4	577	3	_hardheads
jarheads	19	4	479	3	_jar_heads
sapheads	14	6	608	3	s_a_pheads
scarphed	16	3	544	3	scarphe_d_
scorepads	14	7	302	3	score_pads
scrapheaps	19	11	150	3	scrapheaps
screeds	10	62	1029	3	sc_re_e_ds
shortheads	17	4	381	3	shortheads
snakehead	17	4	277	3	snakehead_
sorehead	12	4	697	3	s_orehead_
spearheads	16	4	245	3	spear_heads
stairheads	14	4	276	3	stairheads
warheads	15	4	585	3	_war_heads

Search took 7 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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	22	6.030	23317.2
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	6.452	27695.4