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

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

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72 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
longhead	13	4	508	(None)
longheads	14	4	423	1	longheads
bonehead	14	4	593	2	bonehead
longed	8	71	2137	2	long_e_d
longhand	13	4	449	2	longhand
longheaded	16	5	325	2	longheaded
longleaf	12	4	366	2	longleaf
lunkhead	16	4	296	2	lunkhead
bighead	14	12	665	3	_bighead
blockhead	21	5	273	3	blockhead
bolthead	14	4	590	3	bolthead
boneheads	15	4	520	3	boneheads
bonged	10	57	1960	3	bong_e_d
boughed	14	38	1026	3	boughe_d
bowhead	16	3	643	3	bo_whead
cohead	12	38	1112	3	co__head
cokehead	18	4	506	3	cokehead
congaed	11	39	974	3	congae_d
congeal	10	40	1168	3	cong_eal
congeed	11	32	1231	3	cong_eed
coughed	14	33	1090	3	coughe_d
dopehead	15	4	407	3	dopehead
egghead	13	4	343	3	_egghead
flinthead	16	4	230	3	flinthead
forehead	15	3	789	3	forehead
godhead	13	3	476	3	go_dhead
gonged	9	71	1591	3	gong_e_d
hogshead	16	7	392	3	hogshead
hongied	12	30	816	3	hongie_d
hophead	16	33	792	3	ho_phead
hothead	14	34	929	3	ho_thead
jughead	19	3	364	3	_jughead
laughed	12	3	589	3	laughe_d
loathed	11	41	944	3	loathe_d
lodged	9	138	1570	3	lodg_e_d
logged	9	66	2294	3	lo_gge_d
loggerhead	16	5	145	3	loggerhead
longan	7	56	1236	3	long__an
longboat	11	4	609	3	longboat
longe	6	66	2646	3	long_e__
longer	7	58	2320	3	long_e_r
longers	8	48	1954	3	long_ers
longes	7	59	2557	3	long_e_s
longest	8	41	1495	3	long_est
longhair	12	4	267	3	longhair
longhands	14	4	361	3	longhands
longhorn	12	4	542	3	longhorn
longies	8	29	1655	3	longie_s
longneck	15	4	238	3	longneck
longness	9	3	855	3	longness
longueur	9	4	241	3	longueur
lounged	9	46	824	3	loung_e_d
lowlihead	16	4	169	3	lowlihead
lunched	13	39	1182	3	lunche_d
lunged	8	54	1827	3	lung_e_d
lunkheads	17	4	280	3	lunkheads
lynched	16	37	675	3	lynche_d
pinhead	13	34	707	3	pin_head
ploughed	15	20	430	3	ploughe_d
plowhead	17	4	280	3	plo_whead
ponged	10	56	1935	3	pong_e_d
pothead	13	38	1039	3	po_thead
roughed	12	42	1094	3	roughe_d
sloughed	13	30	558	3	sloughe_d
softhead	15	4	500	3	softhead
sorehead	12	4	697	3	sorehead
soughed	12	38	1162	3	soughe_d
tonged	8	65	1890	3	tong_e_d
tongued	9	4	632	3	tongue_d
toolhead	12	4	435	3	toolhead
toughed	12	35	1169	3	toughe_d
towhead	14	3	522	3	to_whead

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	0.170	1051123.5
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	72	8.970	16294.5
3	Display Results	72	72	0.030	2400.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	72	9.170	19486.5