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

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

10 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
headway	17	4	555	(None)
headways	18	4	500	1	headways
headily	14	7	862	2	headily
headman	13	22	963	2	headman
headstay	15	4	390	2	headstay
heady	12	51	1726	2	head__y
hearsay	13	3	552	2	hearsay
heyday	16	3	514	2	heyd_ay
roadway	14	6	461	2	roadway
seaway	12	30	999	2	sea_way

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	107671	0.780	229091.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	10	6.753	15944.2
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	7.533	23721.1