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

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

20 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
headrest	12	29	1020	(None)
headiest	12	30	1555	1	headiest
headrests	13	24	502	1	headrests
beadiest	11	38	1553	2	beadiest
deadest	9	30	1488	2	dead_est
dearest	8	36	1867	2	dea_rest
haddest	12	27	1199	2	h_addest
hardest	11	31	1841	2	h_ardest
headdress	14	4	375	2	headdress
headers	11	38	1939	2	headers_
headless	12	28	986	2	headless
headmost	14	4	549	2	headmost
headset	11	3	1260	2	headse_t
headsets	12	3	605	2	headsets
heaviest	14	32	1044	2	heaviest
leadiest	9	33	1498	2	leadiest
nearest	7	34	1584	2	nea_rest
readiest	9	37	1904	2	readiest
rearrest	8	3	1160	2	rearrest
searest	7	33	2202	2	sea_rest

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.796	31891.2
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.202	42525.2