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

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

18 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
headspace	17	5	278	(None)
headspaces	18	5	280	1	headspaces
headrace	14	4	666	2	head_race
aerospace	13	4	374	3	aerospace
headache	17	4	470	3	head__ache
headgate	13	4	648	3	head_gate
headpiece	17	4	280	3	headpiece
headraces	15	4	661	3	head_races
headsail	12	4	442	3	heads_ail
headsman	14	4	635	3	headsma_n
headstall	13	4	352	3	headstall
headstand	14	4	452	3	headstand
headstay	15	4	390	3	headsta_y
headstays	16	4	356	3	headstays
headstock	19	4	301	3	headstock
headstone	13	6	547	3	headstone
midspace	15	4	395	3	_midspace
respace	11	3	1091	3	re__space

Search took 9 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	8.030	18510.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	8.469	21099.4