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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “headwaiter” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

16 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
headwaiter	17	5	291	(None)
headwaiters	18	5	262	1	headwaiters
headwater	16	5	503	1	headwa_ter
headmaster	16	20	464	2	headmaster
headwaters	17	5	425	2	headwa_ters
awaiter	10	5	744	3	__a_waiter
headgate	13	4	648	3	headga_te_
headgates	14	4	638	3	headga_tes
headhunter	17	6	224	3	headhunter
headier	11	32	1295	3	head__i_er
headliner	13	13	539	3	head_liner
headmasters	17	17	430	3	headmasters
headquarter	24	5	150	3	headquarter
redbaiter	12	4	415	3	re_dbaiter
seawater	11	3	660	3	sea_wa_ter
shearwater	16	5	226	3	shearwa_ter

Search took 7 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	5.610	25062.9
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.033	29618.9