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

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

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.

23 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
heathens	14	32	1015	(None)
heathen	13	34	1089	1	heathen_
heathers	14	39	1473	1	heathers
feathers	14	35	1324	2	feathers
hearkens	15	33	669	2	hearkens
heartens	11	30	1015	2	heartens
heaters	10	42	2522	2	heat_ers
heathenish	15	5	398	2	heathenish
heathenism	18	5	437	2	heathenism
heathenry	18	4	340	2	heathenry
heather	13	39	1485	2	heathe_r
heathery	17	34	908	2	heathery
heathless	15	3	559	2	heathless
heaths	12	63	1638	2	heath__s
heatless	11	30	1146	2	heatless
heavens	13	43	930	2	hea_vens
leathers	11	42	1508	2	leathers
neatens	7	33	1040	2	neat_ens
peahens	12	30	757	2	pea_hens
sheathers	15	5	755	2	sheathers
sheathes	14	6	1019	2	sheathe_s
weathers	14	34	1283	2	weathers
wheatens	14	5	466	2	wheat_ens

Search took 5 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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	3.670	32986.1
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.092	43668.4