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

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

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.

15 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
heaters	10	42	2522	(None)
beaters	9	49	2504	1	beaters
cheaters	13	36	1351	1	cheaters
eaters	6	55	3595	1	_eaters
haters	9	49	3040	1	h_aters
headers	11	38	1939	1	headers
healers	10	43	1946	1	healers
heapers	12	36	1667	1	heapers
hearers	10	43	1978	1	hearers
heater	9	48	2830	1	heater_
heathers	14	39	1473	1	heathers
heavers	13	37	1719	1	heavers
hefters	13	43	1200	1	hefters
seaters	7	40	2894	1	seaters
theaters	11	42	1190	1	theaters

Search took 2 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	69583	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	15	1.186	58670.3
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	1.532	116639.0