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

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

17 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
headlamps	17	4	247	(None)
headlamp	16	4	285	1	headlamp_
bedlamps	15	4	366	2	be_dlamps
headlands	14	4	490	2	headlands
bedlamp	14	6	451	3	be_dlamp_
bedlams	12	3	705	3	be_dlam_s
earlaps	9	3	639	3	_earla_ps
headbands	16	4	434	3	headbands
headgates	14	4	638	3	headgates
headland	13	4	561	3	headla_nd
headless	12	28	986	3	headl_ess
headlines	13	11	901	3	headlines
headlocks	19	4	446	3	headlocks
headraces	15	4	661	3	headraces
headsails	13	4	394	3	headsails
headships	18	4	567	3	headships
headways	18	4	500	3	headwa_ys

Search took 8 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	148641	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	7.173	20722.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.643	23379.7