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

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

20 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
foliage	11	4	753	(None)
foliaged	13	4	467	1	foliaged
foliages	12	4	762	1	foliages
foliate	10	5	1353	1	foliate
collage	10	28	1376	2	collage
filiate	10	4	1423	2	filiate
flotage	11	3	668	2	flotage
flowage	14	3	572	2	flowage
foggage	13	3	411	2	foggage
folate	9	33	2039	2	fol_ate
folia	8	36	1893	2	folia__
foliar	9	32	1097	2	folia_r
foliated	12	4	991	2	foliated
foliates	11	4	1275	2	foliates
foliose	10	37	801	2	foliose
footage	11	4	884	2	footage
forage	10	46	1700	2	fo_rage
soilage	8	16	935	2	soilage
tollage	8	26	1016	2	tollage
voltage	11	3	686	2	voltage

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	107671	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	3.300	32627.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.733	47867.9