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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
foregoer	12	3	725	(None)
foregoers	13	4	595	1	foregoers
foregoes	12	3	952	1	foregoes
forgoer	11	3	769	1	for_goer
forager	11	44	1256	2	forag_er
foreboder	15	4	574	2	foreboder
foredoes	12	3	1080	2	foredoes
forego	10	3	890	2	forego__
foregone	12	3	858	2	foregone
foreigner	13	4	466	2	foreigner
foreseer	11	3	901	2	foreseer
forester	11	3	1367	2	forester
forever	13	3	895	2	fore_ver
forger	10	48	2077	2	for_g_er
forgoers	12	3	641	2	for_goers
forgoes	11	3	1135	2	for_goes

Search took 5 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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.643	33230.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.049	44132.1