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

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

17 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
forceps	14	46	698	(None)
forcers	12	42	1571	1	forcers
forces	11	44	2213	1	force_s
farcers	12	47	1344	2	farcers
farces	11	52	2332	2	farce_s
force	10	53	2427	2	force__
forced	12	63	1652	2	force_d
forcer	11	49	1734	2	force_r
forcipes	15	3	594	2	forcipes
fores	8	58	4710	2	for_e_s
forgers	11	52	1818	2	forgers
forges	10	50	2426	2	forge_s
forgets	11	38	1379	2	forgets
forkers	14	46	1578	2	forkers
formers	12	82	1795	2	formers
formes	11	46	2371	2	forme_s
fortes	9	53	2718	2	forte_s

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	2.860	37647.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.233	55271.0