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

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

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.

17 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
foreword	15	11	896	(None)
forewords	16	11	740	1	forewords
foreworn	14	10	886	1	foreworn
firewood	15	4	630	2	firewood
firework	18	4	741	2	firework
fireworm	16	4	669	2	fireworm
foreswore	15	11	740	2	foreswore
foresworn	15	12	607	2	foresworn
foretold	12	5	649	2	foretold
forewarn	14	11	717	2	forewarn
foreyard	15	4	642	2	foreyard
formwork	20	4	453	2	formwork
forswore	14	10	696	2	forswore
forsworn	14	12	576	2	forsworn
forward	14	3	829	2	for_ward
forworn	13	10	779	2	for_worn
reword	10	63	2141	2	__reword

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.733	32429.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.142	43141.2