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

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

19 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
afeard	10	5	826	(None)
afeared	11	7	683	1	afeared
aboard	9	3	1261	2	aboard
afar	7	67	2078	2	af_ar_
afars	8	57	1651	2	af_ars
afford	13	4	649	2	afford
afraid	10	4	972	2	afraid
ahead	9	68	1705	2	ahea_d
anear	5	54	2032	2	anear_
aneared	8	5	1274	2	aneared
anears	6	37	1718	2	anears
award	9	71	1804	2	a_ward
aweary	12	3	730	2	aweary
beard	8	60	2496	2	_beard
fard	8	56	3906	2	_f_ard
fear	7	53	3779	2	_fear_
feared	10	63	2043	2	_feared
fears	8	48	2939	2	_fears
heard	9	52	2275	2	_heard

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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	19	2.970	27794.9
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.093	57772.7