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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “heartstring” 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
heartstring	15	5	267	(None)
heartstrings	16	5	179	1	heartstrings
hamstring	15	4	600	3	h_a_mstring
headspring	17	13	324	3	hea_dspring
headstrong	15	5	239	3	hea_dstrong
hearsing	12	3	938	3	hear_s__ing
heartburning	18	5	126	3	heartburning
heartening	14	4	673	3	heart_ening
hearting	12	5	1312	3	hear__t_ing
heartwarming	21	5	124	3	heartwarming

Search took 6 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	121633	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	10	4.716	25791.6
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	5.109	34975.7