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

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

12 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
bearwood	14	4	540	(None)
bearwoods	15	4	502	1	bearwoods
pearwood	14	4	483	1	pearwood
baywood	16	4	644	2	b_aywood
beefwood	17	4	335	2	beefwood
bentwood	14	4	445	2	bentwood
briarwood	15	5	281	2	briarwood
cedarwood	16	5	218	2	cedarwood
deadwood	14	4	484	2	deadwood
heartwood	16	7	351	2	heartwood
pearwoods	15	4	454	2	pearwoods
teakwood	16	4	397	2	teakwood

Search took 5 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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	3.720	32542.7
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.123	43340.0