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

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

14 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
headwaiters	18	5	262	(None)
headwaiter	17	5	291	1	headwaiter_
headwaters	17	5	425	1	headwa_ters
headmasters	17	17	430	2	headmasters
headwater	16	5	503	2	headwa_ter_
awaiters	11	4	664	3	__a_waiters
headgates	14	4	638	3	headga_te_s
headhunters	18	5	205	3	headhunters
headliners	14	14	433	3	head_liners
headmaster	16	20	464	3	headmaster_
headquarters	25	6	143	3	headquarters
redbaiters	13	4	360	3	re_dbaiters
seawaters	12	3	571	3	sea_wa_ters
shearwaters	17	5	197	3	shearwa_ters

Search took 6 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	14	4.830	25182.8
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.233	34147.0