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

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

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
sternwards	14	4	261	(None)
sternward	13	4	312	1	sternward_
sternways	15	4	259	2	sternwa_ys
stewards	12	3	638	2	ste__wards
afterwards	17	8	359	3	after_wards
rerewards	13	4	464	3	_rerewards
seawards	12	3	720	3	s_e_awards
selfwards	16	4	273	3	s_elfwards
shorewards	17	4	359	3	shorewards
standards	11	4	520	3	st_andards
starboards	13	6	530	3	starboards
steelyards	14	5	205	3	steelyards
stemwares	14	4	452	3	ste_mwares
sternway	14	4	315	3	sternwa__y
steward	11	3	806	3	ste__ward_
stinkards	14	4	356	3	st_inkards
sunwards	12	3	644	3	s__unwards

Search took 8 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	140603	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	7.326	19192.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.796	22920.9