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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “chowderheads” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
chowderheads	25	10	122	(None)
chowderhead	24	11	139	1	chowderhead_
chowderheaded	27	6	103	2	chowderheaded
showerheads	21	5	184	2	show_erheads
chowdered	19	4	401	3	chowder_e_d_
copperheads	21	5	189	3	c_opperheads
showerhead	20	5	195	3	show_erhead_
thunderheads	20	5	192	3	thunderheads
cheerleads	16	9	251	4	ch__eerleads
chowders	17	38	754	4	chowder____s
cokeheads	19	4	447	4	c_o_ke_heads
copperhead	20	4	235	4	c_opperhead_
dunderheads	17	5	255	4	_dunderheads
hammerheads	22	5	174	4	_hammerheads
loggerheads	17	5	123	4	_loggerheads
overheads	16	24	893	4	__o_verheads
showbreads	19	5	208	4	show_br_eads
thunderhead	19	5	206	4	thunderhead_
woodenheads	19	5	140	4	_woodenheads

Search took 8 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	124790	0.410	435831.7
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	19	7.200	17331.9
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	7.626	23431.8