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

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

17 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
deadlines	11	13	850	(None)
deadline	10	13	905	1	deadline_
deadlined	12	12	532	1	deadlined
deadliness	12	11	589	1	deadliness
headlines	13	11	901	1	headlines
breadlines	13	4	573	2	breadlines
deadlier	10	3	686	2	deadli_er
deadliest	11	3	818	2	deadli_est
deadlifts	14	4	302	2	deadlifts
dealings	10	35	1070	2	dea_lings
declines	11	33	1580	2	de_clines
draglines	11	4	599	2	draglines
headline	12	12	961	2	headline_
headlined	14	13	513	2	headlined
headliner	13	13	539	2	headliner
headliners	14	14	433	2	headliners
redlines	9	39	1608	2	re_dlines

Search took 5 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	121436	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	3.750	32382.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.139	43172.5