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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “heralds” 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
heralds	11	3	771	(None)
herald	10	3	1134	1	herald_
emeralds	11	4	459	2	emeralds
ferals	9	42	1664	2	feral_s
heads	9	51	2711	2	he_a_ds
heals	8	57	3346	2	he_al_s
heralded	13	3	544	2	heralded
heraldic	14	4	516	2	heraldic
heraldist	13	4	640	2	heraldist
heraldry	15	4	280	2	heraldry
herbals	12	27	1061	2	herbal_s
herds	9	64	2468	2	her__ds
herls	8	52	2643	2	her_l_s
hexads	17	46	820	2	hexa_ds
wealds	10	45	910	2	we_alds

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	3.186	33795.0
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.578	49941.6