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

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

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70 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
headier	11	32	1295	(None)
beadier	10	35	1391	1	beadier
header	10	44	2254	1	head_er
heavier	13	42	942	1	heavier
leadier	8	32	1272	1	leadier
readier	8	31	1742	1	readier
beader	9	46	2379	2	bead_er
beakier	13	40	1216	2	beakier
beamier	11	34	1194	2	beamier
bendier	10	31	1141	2	bendier
deader	8	42	2047	2	dead_er
deadlier	10	3	686	2	deadlier
deedier	9	30	1159	2	deedier
easier	6	42	1846	2	_easier
gladier	9	38	1099	2	gladier
handier	11	38	1744	2	handier
hardier	11	47	2154	2	hardier
hazier	18	47	1240	2	h_azier
headed	11	40	2047	2	head_ed
headers	11	38	1939	2	head_ers
headgear	13	4	337	2	headgear
headiest	12	30	1555	2	headiest
headily	14	7	862	2	headily
heading	12	29	1911	2	heading
headliner	13	13	539	2	headliner
headmen	13	25	951	2	headmen
headset	11	3	1260	2	headset
healer	9	42	2180	2	hea_ler
heaper	11	41	1952	2	hea_per
hearer	9	43	2364	2	hea_rer
heartier	11	3	909	2	heartier
heater	9	48	2830	2	hea_ter
heather	13	39	1485	2	heather
heathier	14	3	834	2	heathier
heaver	12	48	1967	2	hea_ver
heavies	13	27	1387	2	heavies
heder	9	56	2364	2	he_d_er
hedger	11	49	1265	2	he_dger
hedgier	12	36	788	2	hedgier
heeder	10	42	1604	2	heed_er
heftier	13	3	720	2	heftier
hempier	14	31	900	2	hempier
herbier	12	3	959	2	herbier
herder	10	45	1646	2	herd_er
hoarier	10	42	1174	2	hoarier
hoodier	11	38	1297	2	hoodier
leader	7	48	2465	2	lead_er
leafier	10	32	983	2	leafier
leakier	11	40	1099	2	leakier
learier	7	34	1566	2	learier
leavier	10	31	999	2	leavier
mealier	9	30	1590	2	mealier
meatier	9	32	1461	2	meatier
needier	8	40	1062	2	needier
nerdier	8	31	1035	2	nerdier
peakier	13	44	1144	2	peakier
peatier	9	40	1723	2	peatier
reader	7	36	2829	2	read_er
readied	9	33	1662	2	readied
readies	8	33	2471	2	readies
reedier	8	38	1530	2	reedier
seamier	9	31	1463	2	seamier
seedier	8	35	1363	2	seedier
shadier	11	31	1115	2	shadier
steadier	9	3	731	2	steadier
tearier	7	38	1561	2	tearier
threadier	13	5	447	2	threadier
vealier	10	27	1217	2	vealier
wearier	10	36	1328	2	wearier
weedier	11	38	1062	2	weedier

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	70	3.500	30763.1
3	Display Results	70	70	0.013	5384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	70	3.889	45947.8