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

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

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
hairpiece	16	4	233	(None)
hairpieces	17	5	204	1	hairpieces
earpiece	12	4	316	2	ea_rpiece
tailpiece	13	4	224	2	tailpiece
apiece	10	5	1008	3	_a__piece
earpieces	13	4	335	3	ea_rpieces
hairier	10	31	1105	3	hair_ie_r
hairiest	11	6	1247	3	hair_iest
hairlike	15	3	667	3	hairli_ke
hairline	11	3	787	3	hairli_ne
hairpin	12	4	541	3	hairpi__n
hairpins	13	6	543	3	hairpi_ns
harpies	12	38	1832	3	ha_rpie_s
headpiece	17	4	280	3	headpiece
heelpiece	16	5	234	3	heelpiece
shankpiece	21	6	138	3	shankpiece
tailpieces	14	5	206	3	tailpieces

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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	7.110	20905.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.546	23680.2