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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “fireguards” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

15 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
fireguards	15	5	238	(None)
fireguard	14	4	290	1	fireguard_
fireboards	16	4	543	2	fireboards
lifeguards	15	5	154	2	lifeguards
disregards	13	5	258	3	disreg_ards
fibreboards	19	5	266	3	fibreboards
firearms	13	3	540	3	fire__arms
firebirds	15	4	402	3	fire_birds
fireboard	15	4	661	3	fireboard_
firebrands	16	4	374	3	firebrands
foreyards	16	4	550	3	fore_yards
lifeguard	14	5	160	3	lifeguard_
noseguards	12	25	220	3	noseguards
regards	9	41	1256	3	__reg_ards
safeguards	15	5	204	3	safeguards

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	140603	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	15	5.970	23551.6
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.423	27820.5