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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “headfirst” 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
headfirst	16	4	281	(None)
headfish	18	4	544	2	headfi_sh
headiest	12	30	1555	2	head_iest
beadiest	11	38	1553	3	bead_iest
deadliest	11	3	818	3	deadliest
feetfirst	15	4	126	3	feetfirst
headers	11	38	1939	3	head_ers_
headfuls	15	4	431	3	headfuls_
headlight	17	4	432	3	headlight
headmost	14	4	549	3	head_most
headpins	14	3	610	3	headpins_
headrest	12	29	1020	3	head_rest
heartiest	12	3	1110	3	heartiest
heathiest	15	4	938	3	heathiest
heaviest	14	32	1044	3	hea_viest
hedgiest	13	29	813	3	he_dgiest
leadiest	9	33	1498	3	lead_iest
leafiest	11	34	1088	3	lea_fiest
readiest	9	37	1904	3	read_iest

Search took 9 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	0.563	317390.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	19	7.673	19372.0
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	8.249	21662.1