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

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

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
forestay	14	4	819	(None)
forestal	11	4	1028	1	forestal
forestays	15	4	662	1	forestays
forestry	14	4	672	1	forestry
forebay	15	3	813	2	fore_bay
foreplay	16	4	567	2	foreplay
foresaw	13	7	713	2	fores_aw
forest	9	49	2674	2	forest__
forestage	13	4	697	2	forestage
forestall	12	4	691	2	forestall
forested	12	3	1246	2	forested
forester	11	3	1367	2	forester
forestial	12	4	723	2	forestial
forests	10	41	1495	2	forest_s
homestay	16	4	581	2	homestay

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	121059	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.390	35710.6
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.813	46863.6