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

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

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
heptad	12	3	727	(None)
heptads	13	3	587	1	heptads
head	8	71	3717	2	he__ad
heated	10	45	2559	2	heated
hefted	13	49	1142	2	hefted
hented	10	42	1875	2	hented
hepcat	13	6	1182	2	hepcat
heptane	12	3	836	2	heptane
hexad	16	49	1062	2	he_xad
hoptoad	13	4	432	2	hoptoad
lepta	7	57	1439	2	lepta_
pentad	9	3	1376	2	pentad
peptid	11	27	1237	2	peptid
septa	7	55	1808	2	septa_
septal	8	45	1338	2	septal

Search took 4 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	82551	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	15	2.686	30733.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.092	57791.4