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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

13 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 WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
bullheads156428(None) 
billheads1564251billheads
bulkheads1963371bulkheads
bullhead1464781bullhead_
baldheads1644132baldheads
billhead1464432billhead_
blueheads1544062blueheads
boltheads1545122boltheads
bulkhead1863672bulkhead_
bullheaded1743042bullheaded
bullweeds1543202bullweeds
buttheads1553902buttheads
wellheads1653322wellheads

Search took 5 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911214360.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit121436133.79631990.5
3Display Results13130.0131000.0
 (SQL Overall)178691134.23242223.8