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

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

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
safeguarded	17	5	126	(None)
lifeguarded	17	6	86	2	lifeguarded
safeguard	14	5	208	2	safeguar__d
safeguards	15	5	204	2	safeguard_s
safeguarding	18	6	137	3	safeguarding
afeared	11	7	683	4	_afe__ar_ed
blackguarded	23	6	153	4	blackguarded
bodyguarded	20	6	128	4	bodyguarded
guarded	10	3	615	4	____guarded
lifeguard	14	5	160	4	lifeguar__d
lifeguards	15	5	154	4	lifeguard_s
regarded	11	27	980	4	__reg_arded
safaried	12	3	625	4	saf___aried
saggared	11	32	606	4	sa__ggar_ed
sailboarded	15	5	222	4	sailboarded
stewarded	14	4	353	4	s_te_warded
unguarded	12	4	410	4	__unguarded

Search took 10 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	148819	0.486	367677.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	17	9.000	16535.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	9.499	18811.6