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

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

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53 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
postheats	14	4	743	(None)
postheat	13	4	1124	1	postheat_
posttests	11	4	497	2	posttests
potheads	14	29	854	2	po_theads
boltheads	15	4	512	3	boltheads
dustheaps	15	4	187	3	dustheaps
escheats	13	4	625	3	_escheats
estreats	8	3	942	3	_estreats
hotheads	15	31	801	3	ho_theads
mastheads	15	4	524	3	mastheads
mistreats	11	4	863	3	mistreats
mostests	10	3	683	3	most_ests
northeast	12	6	654	3	northeast
northeasts	13	6	398	3	northeasts
outcheats	14	4	530	3	_outcheats
outeats	7	22	1570	3	_out_eats
outhears	11	8	1039	3	_outhears
pitheads	14	33	814	3	p_itheads
portents	10	35	1282	3	port_ents
poshest	12	3	1242	3	pos_hest_
possets	9	42	1277	3	pos_se_ts
postals	9	37	1637	3	post__als
postbags	13	4	529	3	post_bags
postdate	11	3	965	3	post_date
postdates	12	4	886	3	post_dates
postdebate	15	5	275	3	postdebate
posteens	10	30	973	3	post_eens
posterns	10	27	1372	3	post_erns
posters	9	39	2801	3	post_e_rs
postgrads	13	4	487	3	postgrads
posthaste	14	5	660	3	posthaste
posthastes	15	4	627	3	posthastes
postholes	14	4	1045	3	postholes
posties	9	31	2881	3	postie__s
postteens	11	4	437	3	postteens
posttest	10	4	1023	3	posttest_
postulants	12	4	496	3	postulants
postulate	11	6	981	3	postulate
postulates	12	6	896	3	postulates
pothead	13	38	1039	3	po_thea_d
potheens	13	26	648	3	po_theens
potherbs	15	38	712	3	po_therbs
pothers	12	38	1862	3	po_the_rs
potsherds	15	4	402	3	potsherds
potshots	13	4	628	3	potsh_ots
preheats	13	3	941	3	p_reheats
pretreats	11	4	693	3	pretreats
prostheses	15	4	655	3	prostheses
prosthesis	15	4	615	3	prosthesis
pschents	15	4	411	3	p_schents
softheads	16	4	455	3	softheads
southeast	12	4	679	3	southeast
southeasts	13	4	423	3	southeasts

Search took 8 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	148641	0.653	273646.2
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	53	6.813	21817.3
3	Display Results	53	53	0.016	3312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	53	7.482	23882.8