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

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

12 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
forehead	15	3	789	(None)
foreheads	16	4	703	1	foreheads
sorehead	12	4	697	1	sorehead
barehead	14	4	660	2	barehead
bonehead	14	4	593	2	bonehead
cokehead	18	4	506	2	cokehead
dopehead	15	4	407	2	dopehead
forebear	13	4	638	2	forebear
forefend	15	4	560	2	forefend
forehand	15	3	769	2	forehand
forepeak	17	13	478	2	forepeak
soreheads	13	4	607	2	soreheads

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	121059	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	3.876	31233.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.279	41760.0