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

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

26 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
onward	10	3	905	(None)
inward	10	3	1033	1	inward
onwards	11	3	717	1	onwards
award	9	71	1804	2	_award
coward	12	4	1167	2	coward
downward	16	4	444	2	downward
forward	14	3	829	2	forward
inwards	11	3	834	2	inwards
manward	13	4	909	2	manward
moonward	14	7	447	2	moonward
nard	5	66	3445	2	_n_ard
nonwar	9	15	942	2	nonwar_
nonwars	10	10	900	2	nonwars
nonword	11	4	915	2	nonword
onboard	10	4	650	2	onboard
outward	11	8	1140	2	outward
poniard	10	3	758	2	poniard
reward	10	60	1764	2	reward
sunward	11	3	765	2	sunward
sward	9	42	2146	2	_sward
toward	10	3	1106	2	toward
unwary	12	3	982	2	unwary
upward	12	14	716	2	upward
vanward	14	5	694	2	vanward
vaward	13	49	872	2	vaward
ward	8	65	4225	2	__ward

Search took 3 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	2.140	38575.2
3	Display Results	26	26	0.016	1625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	2.499	71505.0