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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “flathead” 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.

12 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
flathead	15	3	580	(None)
fathead	14	3	786	1	f_athead
flatheads	16	4	487	1	flatheads
cathead	13	3	875	2	_cathead
fatheads	15	3	676	2	f_atheads
flashed	14	41	1218	2	flashe_d
flatbed	13	39	798	2	flatbe_d
flatbread	15	4	229	2	flatbread
flatted	11	40	1294	2	flatte_d
flinthead	16	4	230	2	flinthead
lathed	10	47	1845	2	_lathe_d
meathead	14	3	679	2	meathead

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	121059	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	3.250	37248.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.390	52711.2