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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “towhead” 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
towhead	14	3	522	(None)
bowhead	16	3	643	1	bowhead
towheads	15	4	481	1	towheads
bowheads	17	4	537	2	bowheads
cohead	12	38	1112	2	co_head
cowherd	16	3	695	2	cowherd
godhead	13	3	476	2	godhead
hophead	16	33	792	2	hophead
hothead	14	34	929	2	hothead
plowhead	17	4	280	2	plowhead
pothead	13	38	1039	2	pothead
toolhead	12	4	435	2	toolhead
towed	9	51	3458	2	tow_e_d
towheaded	17	4	282	2	towheaded
towhee	12	26	1388	2	towhe_e
towhees	13	27	779	2	towhees

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	2.860	37647.2
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.252	54948.0