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

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

23 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
unafraid	12	4	266	(None)
afraid	10	4	972	2	__afraid
unbraid	10	3	718	2	un_braid
navaid	10	3	765	3	_na_vaid
naysaid	11	4	531	3	_naysaid
unabraded	13	4	489	3	unabraded
unagreed	10	3	682	3	unagreed
unaired	8	29	1601	3	unair_ed
unarmed	10	18	1192	3	una_rmed
unarrayed	13	4	418	3	unarrayed
unbraids	11	4	496	3	un_braids
underbid	12	10	820	3	underbid
underdid	11	12	813	3	underdid
underlaid	11	4	749	3	underlaid
underpaid	13	4	696	3	underpaid
unfair	9	3	623	3	un_f_air
unframed	14	7	824	3	un_framed
unfreed	11	5	1012	3	un_freed
unlaid	7	3	1175	3	un__laid
unpaid	9	3	947	3	un__paid
unrepaid	11	4	371	3	unrepaid
unsaid	7	4	1183	3	un__said
upbraid	12	4	497	3	u_pbraid

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	146162	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	23	6.983	20931.1
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	7.405	24131.1