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

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

16 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
forecourt	14	4	575	(None)
forecourts	15	4	260	1	forecourts
downcourt	15	5	354	3	downcourt
forecast	13	4	976	3	forec_ast
foreclosure	16	13	158	3	foreclosure
forefoot	14	4	815	3	forefo_ot
foregoer	12	3	725	3	foregoer_
foregoers	13	4	595	3	foregoers
foregut	11	4	916	3	fore_gu_t
foremost	13	4	858	3	foremo_st
forepart	13	4	970	3	fore_part
foreword	15	11	896	3	forewo_rd
foreworn	14	10	886	3	forewo_rn
frontcourt	15	5	218	3	frontcourt
hardcourt	15	4	404	3	hardcourt
recount	9	3	1517	3	__recount

Search took 9 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	16	8.063	18434.9
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	8.499	21024.9