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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “showerheads” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

15 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
showerheads	21	5	184	(None)
showerhead	20	5	195	1	showerhead_
chowderheads	25	10	122	2	chowderheads
showbreads	19	5	208	2	showbr_eads
chowderhead	24	11	139	3	chowderhead_
overheads	16	24	893	3	__overheads
sheepheads	19	4	365	3	sh_eepheads
shewbreads	19	5	186	3	shewbr_eads
shortheads	17	4	381	3	sho_rtheads
showbread	18	4	230	3	showbr_ead_
showered	15	3	701	3	shower_e_d_
showerers	15	4	507	3	shower_e_rs
showerless	16	4	254	3	showerle_ss
soreheads	13	4	607	3	s_ore_heads
sowbreads	15	4	285	3	s_owbr_eads

Search took 6 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	121633	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	15	4.643	26197.1
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.049	35391.4