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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “forestry” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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68 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
forestry	14	4	672	(None)
forestay	14	4	819	1	forestay
corsetry	13	6	556	2	corsetry
floristry	15	4	271	2	floristry
forest	9	49	2674	2	forest__
forestal	11	4	1028	2	forestal
forestays	15	4	662	2	forestays
forested	12	3	1246	2	forested
forester	11	3	1367	2	forester
foresters	12	3	1253	2	foresters
forests	10	41	1495	2	forest_s
ancestry	13	4	439	3	ancestry
fenestra	11	4	355	3	fenestra
feretory	14	4	750	3	feretory
firestorm	14	4	454	3	firestorm
firstly	13	3	564	3	fir_stly
forearm	12	3	869	3	fore_arm
forebay	15	3	813	3	fore_bay
forebody	17	4	515	3	forebody
foreby	14	3	863	3	fore__by
forelady	15	4	507	3	forelady
forepart	13	4	970	3	forepart
foreplay	16	4	567	3	foreplay
fores	8	58	4710	3	fores___
foresaid	12	4	780	3	foresaid
foresail	11	4	782	3	foresail
foresaw	13	7	713	3	fores_aw
foresee	10	4	1433	3	fores_ee
foreseen	11	3	910	3	foreseen
foreseer	11	3	901	3	foreseer
foreseers	12	3	740	3	foreseers
foresees	11	3	1164	3	foresees
foreshore	15	11	820	3	foreshore
foreshow	17	8	589	3	foreshow
foreside	12	3	1030	3	foreside
foreskin	15	4	702	3	foreskin
forestage	13	4	697	3	forestage
forestall	12	4	691	3	forestall
forestial	12	4	723	3	forestial
foresting	13	3	1136	3	foresting
forestries	13	4	855	3	forestries
foreswore	15	11	739	3	foreswore
foresworn	15	12	606	3	foresworn
foretop	12	11	789	3	fore_top
forever	13	3	895	3	forever_
forevers	14	3	817	3	forevers
forewarn	14	11	716	3	forewarn
foreword	15	11	895	3	foreword
foreworn	14	10	885	3	foreworn
foreyard	15	4	642	3	foreyard
forgery	14	41	930	3	for_gery
forty	11	48	2427	3	for__t_y
freshly	16	28	683	3	f_reshly
fretty	12	4	922	3	f_re_tty
frosty	12	47	1063	3	f_rost_y
frowsty	16	46	498	3	frowst_y
homestay	16	4	581	3	homestay
honestly	14	35	593	3	honestly
honesty	13	37	805	3	honest_y
modestly	14	37	558	3	modestly
modesty	13	47	698	3	modest_y
nonentry	11	4	681	3	nonentry
olestra	7	4	617	3	_olestra
poetry	11	3	938	3	po_e_try
retry	8	47	1808	3	__re_try
sorest	6	50	2799	3	sorest__
tapestry	13	4	383	3	tapestry
vestry	12	3	862	3	__vestry

Search took 8 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	146162	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	68	7.716	18942.7
3	Display Results	68	68	0.033	2060.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	68	7.905	22604.8