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

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

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
saphead	13	5	777	(None)
sapheads	14	6	608	1	sapheads
ahead	9	68	1705	2	_a_head
cathead	13	3	875	2	cathead
fathead	14	3	786	2	fathead
hophead	16	33	792	2	hophead
jarhead	18	3	517	2	jarhead
sapheaded	16	4	418	2	sapheaded
saphena	12	3	586	2	saphena
saphenae	13	4	485	2	saphenae
saphenas	13	4	571	2	saphenas
sapped	11	44	2201	2	sappe_d
sashed	10	56	2294	2	sashe_d
spread	9	3	1253	2	s_pread
subhead	13	8	769	2	subhead
warhead	14	3	660	2	warhead

Search took 4 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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	3.173	33933.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.562	50165.9