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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “forethoughts” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

18 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
forethoughts	22	12	144	(None)
forethought	21	11	237	1	forethought_
aforethought	22	11	128	2	aforethought_
afterthoughts	23	8	80	3	afterthoughts
forethoughtful	27	10	59	3	forethoughtful
forthrights	21	5	222	3	for_thrights
rethought	16	5	380	3	__rethought_
afterthought	22	8	129	4	afterthought_
bethought	18	5	343	4	__bethought_
forecourts	15	4	260	4	fore_cou_rts
foresights	17	4	375	4	fore__sights
forthright	20	5	324	4	for_thright_
fortnights	17	5	267	4	for_t_nights
merrythoughts	25	7	64	4	merrythoughts
methought	18	5	393	4	__methought_
outthought	17	5	230	4	_outthought_
overthought	21	5	256	4	_overthought_
thoughts	15	51	560	4	____thoughts

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	124790	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	18	7.640	16333.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	8.109	22036.1