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

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

16 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
headstall	13	4	352	(None)
headstalls	14	5	322	1	headstalls
headsail	12	4	442	2	heads_ail
headstand	14	4	452	2	headstand
headstay	15	4	390	2	headsta_y
headstays	16	4	356	2	headstays
beanstalk	15	4	205	3	beanstalk
deadfall	13	4	331	3	dead_fall
headsails	13	4	394	3	headsails
headsman	14	4	635	3	headsma_n
headspace	17	5	278	3	headspace
headstands	15	4	385	3	headstands
headstock	19	4	301	3	headstock
headstone	13	6	547	3	headstone
leafstalk	16	5	130	3	leafstalk
reinstall	9	4	455	3	reinstall

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	16	7.436	19989.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.875	22690.9