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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “headstay” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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41 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
headstay	15	4	390	(None)
headstays	16	4	356	1	headstays
headsman	14	4	635	2	headsman
headstall	13	4	352	2	headstall
headstand	14	4	452	2	headstand
headway	17	4	555	2	head_way
hearsay	13	3	552	2	hears_ay
beadsman	13	5	561	3	beadsman
beastly	12	7	756	3	bea_stly
hadst	9	32	2022	3	h_adst__
hasty	11	57	1876	3	h_a_st_y
headachy	20	4	331	3	headachy
headgate	13	4	648	3	headgate
headgear	13	4	337	3	headgear
headily	14	7	862	3	head_ily
headman	13	22	963	3	head_man
heads	9	51	2711	3	heads___
headsail	12	4	442	3	headsail
headset	11	3	1260	3	heads_et
headsets	12	3	605	3	headsets
headship	17	4	574	3	headship
headsmen	14	6	598	3	headsmen
headspace	17	5	278	3	headspace
headstalls	14	5	322	3	headstalls
headstands	15	4	385	3	headstands
headstock	19	4	301	3	headstock
headstone	13	6	547	3	headstone
headstream	16	5	259	3	headstream
headways	18	4	500	3	head_ways
heady	12	51	1726	3	head___y
healthy	16	41	608	3	hea_lthy
hearsays	14	4	451	3	hears_ays
hearty	12	63	1363	3	hea_rt_y
heathy	15	61	1121	3	hea__thy
hemostat	13	4	870	3	hemostat
herdsman	14	6	564	3	herdsman
heyday	16	3	514	3	heyd__ay
homestay	16	4	581	3	homestay
leadsman	11	4	524	3	leadsman
loadstar	9	4	337	3	loadstar
yeasty	12	43	869	3	yea_st_y

Search took 10 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	146162	0.830	215290.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	41	8.296	17618.4
3	Display Results	41	41	0.013	3153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	41	9.139	19552.6