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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “southeastwards” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

13 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
southeastwards	21	12	122	(None)
southeastward	20	10	145	1	southeastward_
northeastwards	21	10	109	2	northeastwards
southwestwards	24	7	108	2	southwestwards
northeastward	20	10	127	3	northeastward_
southeasters	15	5	330	3	southeast_er_s
southwestward	23	7	124	3	southwestward_
northwestwards	24	7	110	4	northwestwards
southeaster	14	5	363	4	southeast_er__
southeasterly	19	7	202	4	southeast_erly
southeastern	15	6	262	4	southeast_er_n
southeasts	13	4	423	4	southeast____s
southwards	17	4	360	4	south____wards

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	65874	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	13	3.143	20959.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.499	51069.2