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

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

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.

18 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
flintheads	17	4	198	(None)
flinthead	16	4	230	1	flinthead_
flatheads	16	4	487	2	fl_atheads
printheads	16	4	285	2	printheads
fatheads	15	3	676	3	f__atheads
flathead	15	3	580	3	fl_athead_
flinched	17	31	670	3	flinche_d_
flinchers	17	29	547	3	flinche_rs
flinches	16	35	895	3	flinche__s
flinted	11	44	1189	3	flint_e_d_
giltheads	14	4	312	3	_giltheads
longheads	14	4	423	3	_longheads
lunkheads	17	4	280	3	_lunkheads
pinheads	14	33	624	3	_pin_heads
pitheads	14	33	814	3	_pi_theads
printhead	15	4	343	3	printhead_
shitheads	16	4	504	3	shi_theads
skinheads	17	4	281	3	skin_heads

Search took 6 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	140603	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	18	5.700	24667.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	5.856	30514.2