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

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

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.

16 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
snakehead	17	4	277	(None)
snakeheads	18	5	248	1	snakeheads
scarehead	15	4	380	2	scarehead
snakeweed	17	4	228	2	snakeweed
barehead	14	4	660	3	_barehead
cokehead	18	4	506	3	_cokehead
nailhead	12	4	398	3	_nailhead
saphead	13	5	777	3	s_a_phead
scareheads	16	4	338	3	scareheads
snakebird	16	5	205	3	snakebird
snaked	11	50	1759	3	snak__e_d
snakeweeds	18	5	172	3	snakeweeds
snatched	14	15	763	3	snatche_d
sneakered	14	4	371	3	sneakere_d
sorehead	12	4	697	3	s_orehead
stairhead	13	4	332	3	stairhead

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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	16	6.360	23371.2
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.796	26293.6