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

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

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72 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
headways	18	4	500	(None)
headway	17	4	555	1	headway_
bendways	17	4	373	2	bendways
endways	14	4	444	2	_endways
headstays	16	4	356	2	headstays
hearsays	14	4	451	2	hearsays
heydays	17	3	414	2	heyd_ays
roadways	15	6	460	2	roadways
seaways	13	30	751	2	sea_ways
always	12	40	913	3	__always
areaways	14	4	448	3	area_ways
beltways	16	8	390	3	beltways
bendays	13	32	751	3	bend_ays
deadpans	12	20	517	3	deadpans
flatways	17	4	432	3	flatways
foodways	18	4	429	3	foodways
getaways	15	4	334	3	getaways
hallways	17	4	542	3	hallways
headband	15	4	484	3	headband
headbands	16	4	434	3	headbands
headends	13	32	672	3	headends
headers	11	38	1939	3	head_ers
headfuls	15	4	431	3	headfuls
headgate	13	4	648	3	headgate
headgates	14	4	638	3	headgates
headgears	14	4	315	3	headgears
headily	14	7	862	3	headily_
headings	13	35	1048	3	headings
headlamp	16	4	285	3	headlamp
headlamps	17	4	247	3	headlamps
headland	13	4	561	3	headland
headlands	14	4	490	3	headlands
headless	12	28	986	3	headless
headman	13	22	963	3	headma_n
headpins	14	3	610	3	headpins
headrace	14	4	666	3	headrace
headraces	15	4	661	3	headraces
heads	9	51	2711	3	head___s
headsail	12	4	442	3	headsail
headsails	13	4	394	3	headsails
headsets	12	3	605	3	headsets
headstay	15	4	390	3	headstay_
headwater	16	5	503	3	headwater
headwaters	17	5	425	3	headwaters
headwind	16	4	387	3	headwind
headwinds	17	4	315	3	headwinds
headword	16	4	552	3	headword
headwords	17	4	534	3	headwords
headwork	19	4	579	3	headwork
headworks	20	4	595	3	headworks
heady	12	51	1726	3	head__y_
hearsay	13	3	552	3	hearsay_
hendiadys	17	4	166	3	hendiadys
hereaways	18	4	276	3	hereaways
heyday	16	3	514	3	heyd_ay_
heydeys	17	3	286	3	heyd_eys
hideaways	19	4	245	3	hidea_ways
highways	21	4	411	3	highways
jetways	20	9	405	3	je_tways
keyways	20	4	337	3	ke_yways
leastways	15	4	231	3	leastways
leeways	13	5	445	3	le_eways
midways	16	38	618	3	_midways
redbays	13	3	601	3	re_dbays
roadway	14	6	461	3	roadway_
seawans	10	37	994	3	sea_wans
seaway	12	30	999	3	sea_way_
skidways	19	4	282	3	skidways
speedways	18	4	255	3	speedways
tearaways	15	4	296	3	tearaways
tramways	16	4	372	3	tramways
windways	18	4	504	3	windways

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	146162	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	72	8.686	16827.3
3	Display Results	72	72	0.030	2400.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	72	8.872	20141.0