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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “friended” 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
friended	13	3	503	(None)
befriended	17	4	203	2	befriended
brinded	11	51	1205	2	bri_nded
fended	11	42	1691	2	f__ended
fielded	12	20	681	2	f_ielded
forfended	17	4	374	2	forfended
friend	10	38	893	2	frien__d
friendly	15	4	438	2	friendly
friends	11	39	674	2	friend_s
fringed	12	36	1152	2	fri_nged
fronded	12	38	886	2	fr_onded
grinded	10	42	1063	2	gri_nded
oriented	9	3	748	2	oriented
rended	8	45	2410	2	_r_ended
rinded	8	44	1898	2	_ri_nded
trended	9	40	1176	2	tr_ended
unfriended	15	4	269	2	unfriended

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.466	34927.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.875	46113.8