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

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

15 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
heartfree	15	4	327	(None)
carefree	13	4	634	3	_carefree
germfree	14	4	268	3	ge_rmfree
heartache	17	4	370	3	heartache
heartbreak	19	5	242	3	heartbreak
hearted	11	33	1402	3	heart__ed
hearten	10	24	1175	3	heart__en
heartened	13	4	706	3	heartened
heartener	12	5	676	3	heartener
heartfelt	15	4	326	3	heartfelt
hearthrug	16	5	270	3	hearthrug
heartier	11	3	909	3	heart_ier
hearties	11	3	1541	3	heart_ies
heartsome	14	4	400	3	heartsome
heartsore	12	4	380	3	heartsore

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	15	6.686	22231.7
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	7.125	25079.4