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

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

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
bowfront	16	4	472	(None)
confront	13	4	1160	2	confront
affront	13	5	796	3	_affront
boron	7	67	2714	3	bo__ron_
borons	8	55	2054	3	bo__rons
bouffant	16	4	368	3	bouffant
bowering	14	29	1171	3	bowering
bowfin	14	33	835	3	bowf_in_
bowfins	15	26	770	3	bowf_ins
bowknot	16	4	577	3	bowkno_t
bowpot	13	4	1007	3	bow_po_t
bowshot	15	7	825	3	bowsho_t
confronts	14	4	706	3	confronts
forefront	15	4	649	3	forefront
front	8	50	2922	3	___front
refront	10	3	1326	3	_refront
seafront	11	4	802	3	seafront
towmont	12	7	763	3	tow_mont
upfront	12	4	697	3	_upfront

Search took 8 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	146162	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	19	7.346	19896.8
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	7.795	22923.8