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

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

20 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
heteros	10	3	1268	(None)
hetero	9	3	1263	1	hetero_
cheeros	12	37	1163	2	che_eros
deters	7	47	2468	2	deter_s
haters	9	49	3039	2	hater_s
heaters	10	42	2521	2	heater_s
heders	10	41	1976	2	heder_s
hefters	13	43	1200	2	hefter_s
heros	8	49	3086	2	h__eros
hetaeras	11	4	672	2	hetaeras
heteroses	12	4	1077	2	heteroses
heterosis	12	5	881	2	heterosis
hewers	12	37	1527	2	hewer_s
hexers	16	56	1275	2	hexer_s
meteors	9	46	1001	2	meteors
meters	8	56	2583	2	meter_s
metros	8	42	1780	2	met_ros
peters	8	66	2459	2	peter_s
retros	6	38	2019	2	ret_ros
rezeros	16	4	745	2	rezeros

Search took 7 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	0.266	671770.7
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	5.750	18725.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	6.029	29638.6