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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “headmastershipsa” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

12 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
headmasterships	26	11	118	1	headmasterships_
headmastership	25	10	128	2	headmastership__
headmasters	17	17	430	5	headmaster____s_
masterships	18	5	537	5	____masterships_
postmasterships	24	14	182	5	postmasterships_
headmaster	16	20	464	6	headmaster______
headmistress	18	6	144	6	headmistres___s_
headmistresses	20	6	118	6	headmistres_ses_
leaderships	17	9	419	6	lead____erships_
mastership	17	5	563	6	____mastership__
postmastership	23	14	192	6	postmastership__
readerships	17	9	465	6	read____erships_

Search took 5 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	65874	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	12	4.326	15227.5
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.639	38519.3