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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “hardheaded” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
hardheaded	19	5	385	(None)
bareheaded	17	6	396	2	bareheaded
hardhanded	19	5	311	2	hardhanded
hardhead	16	4	588	2	hardhea__d
hardheadedly	24	6	143	2	hardheadedly
hardheads	17	4	577	2	hardhead_s
airheaded	14	4	395	3	_airheaded
deadheaded	17	4	283	3	deadheaded
fatheaded	17	4	427	3	fa_theaded
hardened	13	3	861	3	hard_e_ned
harshened	16	4	445	3	harshe_ned
hotheaded	17	4	485	3	h_otheaded
mastheaded	17	4	354	3	mastheaded
redheaded	15	4	508	3	_redheaded
sapheaded	16	4	418	3	sa_pheaded
soreheaded	15	4	430	3	soreheaded

Search took 7 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	6.373	22062.3
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.779	26359.5