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

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

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.

14 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
heft	10	67	3629	(None)
deft	8	55	4022	1	deft
eft	6	60	3882	1	_eft
haft	10	59	4184	1	haft
heat	7	70	6142	1	heat
hefts	11	62	1815	1	hefts
hefty	14	61	1213	1	hefty
hent	7	66	5638	1	hent
hest	7	59	5077	1	hest
het	6	76	7431	1	he_t
left	7	63	4048	1	left
reft	7	51	4127	1	reft
theft	11	41	1813	1	theft
weft	10	54	3501	1	weft

Search took 1 second 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	13983	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	14	0.296	47239.9
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	0.359	497746.5