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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “loggerheads” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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37 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
loggerheads	17	5	123	(None)
loggerhead	16	5	145	1	loggerhead_
copperheads	21	5	189	3	copperheads
letterheads	15	5	215	3	letterheads
logorrheas	14	5	176	3	logorrhea_s
longheads	14	4	423	3	long__heads
overheads	16	24	893	3	_o_verheads
boneheads	15	4	520	4	bo_ne_heads
chowderheads	25	10	122	4	chowderheads
cokeheads	19	4	447	4	co_ke_heads
copperhead	20	4	235	4	copperhead_
doggerels	12	5	215	4	dogger_e_ls
doggeries	12	4	667	4	doggerie__s
dopeheads	16	4	414	4	do_pe_heads
dunderheads	17	5	255	4	dunderheads
eggheads	14	4	292	4	_egg__heads
figureheads	19	5	94	4	figureheads
foreheads	16	4	703	4	fo_re_heads
gearheads	14	4	408	4	__gearheads
hammerheads	22	5	174	4	hammerheads
hogsheads	17	7	366	4	ho_g_sheads
letterhead	14	4	235	4	letterhead_
loggers	9	46	1613	4	logger____s
logorrhea	13	5	218	4	logorrhea__
longhead	13	4	508	4	long__head_
lowliheads	17	5	142	4	lo_wliheads
overhead	15	21	1036	4	_o_verhead_
overheaps	17	22	695	4	_o_verheaps
overhears	15	25	887	4	_o_verhears
overheats	15	22	999	4	_o_verheats
riverheads	17	4	274	4	_riverheads
showerheads	21	5	184	4	showerheads
soreheads	13	4	607	4	so_re_heads
timberheads	19	11	176	4	timberheads
toggeries	11	4	621	4	toggerie__s
waterheads	17	4	424	4	_waterheads
woodenheads	19	5	140	4	woodenheads

Search took 10 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	148819	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	37	9.016	16506.1
3	Display Results	37	37	0.013	2846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	37	9.452	18905.1