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

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

22 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
upward	12	14	716	(None)
upwards	13	13	596	1	upwards
award	9	71	1804	2	_award
coward	12	4	1167	2	coward
inward	10	3	1033	2	inward
onward	10	3	905	2	onward
outward	11	8	1140	2	outward
pard	7	64	4132	2	_p_ard
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
updart	9	3	1074	2	updart
upgird	10	10	393	2	upgird
uphoard	13	4	457	2	uphoard
upland	9	3	886	2	upland
upwaft	14	4	494	2	upwaft
upwardly	17	4	279	2	upwardly
upwind	12	25	582	2	upwind
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	22	2.170	38041.9
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	2.529	70656.8