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

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

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
headset	11	3	1260	(None)
headsets	12	3	605	1	headsets
deadest	9	30	1488	2	deadest
hadst	9	32	2022	2	h_ads_t
handset	11	30	1682	2	handset
hardset	11	34	1583	2	hardset
headed	11	40	2047	2	head_ed
header	10	44	2254	2	head_er
headier	11	32	1295	2	headier
headiest	12	30	1555	2	headiest
headmen	13	25	951	2	headmen
headrest	12	29	1020	2	headrest
heads	9	51	2711	2	heads__
headsmen	14	6	598	2	headsmen
hearse	9	41	1427	2	hearse_
hearsed	11	38	1140	2	hearsed
hearses	10	44	1453	2	hearses
heavyset	17	4	409	2	heavyset
wadset	10	3	1430	2	_wadset

Search took 4 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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	19	2.906	37051.3
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.295	54231.0