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

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

27 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
before	11	4	1015	(None)
afore	8	58	1860	2	_afore
become	12	33	1259	2	become
bedsore	10	5	780	2	bedsore
befog	11	5	901	2	befo_g
befogs	12	4	645	2	befogs
befool	11	3	771	2	befool
befoul	11	3	725	2	befoul
befret	11	3	1596	2	bef_ret
begone	9	5	1213	2	begone
behove	14	20	720	2	behove
bemire	10	33	1280	2	bemire
bevor	10	15	1081	2	bevor_
bevors	11	16	1034	2	bevors
beware	11	3	1371	2	beware
beworm	13	3	999	2	beworm
biform	13	6	813	2	biform
bore	6	60	5133	2	b__ore
deforce	13	26	724	2	deforce
deform	12	5	963	2	deform
fore	7	83	5147	2	__fore
rebore	8	66	2565	2	rebore
refire	9	54	1947	2	refire
reforge	11	25	903	2	reforge
reform	11	3	1272	2	reform
retore	6	76	3077	2	retore
rewore	9	380	3016	2	rewore

Search took 6 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	0.703	254183.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	5.186	15918.0
3	Display Results	27	27	0.016	1687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	5.905	30261.0