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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
aforethought	22	11	128	(None)
forethought	21	11	237	1	_forethought
afterthought	22	8	129	2	afterthought
forethoughts	22	12	144	2	_forethoughts
afterthoughts	23	8	80	3	afterthoughts
rethought	16	5	380	3	___rethought
bethought	18	5	343	4	___bethought
forethoughtful	27	10	59	4	_forethought~~ful~~
forthright	20	5	324	4	_for_thright
merrythought	24	6	89	4	merrythought
methought	18	5	393	4	___methought
outthought	17	5	230	4	__outthought
overthought	21	5	256	4	__overthought

Search took 7 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	13	6.563	19014.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.966	25651.9