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

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

19 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
steelheads	14	4	280	(None)
steelhead	13	4	320	1	steelhead_
sheepheads	19	4	365	2	sheepheads
swellheads	17	5	216	2	swellheads
greenheads	15	4	299	3	greenheads
metalheads	16	5	280	3	metalheads
sheephead	18	6	389	3	sheephead_
sheepsheads	20	6	183	3	sheepsheads
sleepyheads	20	5	116	3	sleepyheads
soreheads	13	4	607	3	sore_heads
spearheads	16	4	245	3	spearheads
speedreads	14	5	187	3	speedreads
stairheads	14	4	276	3	stairheads
steeled	8	35	1322	3	steel_e_d_
steelies	8	3	1255	3	steelie__s
steelyards	14	5	205	3	steelyards
swellhead	16	4	231	3	swellhead_
toolheads	13	4	367	3	_toolheads
wellheads	16	5	332	3	_wellheads

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	19	5.483	25643.4
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	5.905	30261.0