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

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

21 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
aforehand	16	4	281	(None)
forehand	15	3	769	1	_forehand
aforesaid	13	4	326	2	aforesaid
beforehand	19	5	122	2	beforehand
forehands	16	5	674	2	_forehands
foreland	12	3	901	2	_foreland
apprehend	17	4	310	3	apprehend
barehand	14	4	615	3	_barehand
farmhand	17	4	356	3	_farmhand
forefend	15	4	560	3	_forefend
forehanded	18	4	484	3	_forehanded
forehead	15	3	789	3	_forehead
forelands	13	4	717	3	_forelands
foreman	12	3	1236	3	_foreman_
foreran	10	3	1179	3	_foreran_
forerank	15	4	675	3	_forerank
foresaid	12	4	780	3	_foresaid
foreshank	19	4	467	3	_foreshank
foreyard	15	4	642	3	_foreyard
freehand	15	7	499	3	_freehand
shorthand	16	4	375	3	shorthand

Search took 9 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	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	21	7.656	19415.0
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	8.075	22128.9