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

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

18 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
forebay	15	3	813	(None)
forebays	16	3	726	1	forebays
foreby	14	3	863	1	foreb_y
foray	11	50	2397	2	for__ay
forbad	12	27	1050	2	for_bad
forbear	12	3	752	2	forbear
forby	13	53	1767	2	for_b_y
forebear	13	4	638	2	forebear
forebody	17	4	515	2	forebody
forebye	15	3	635	2	forebye
forelady	15	4	507	2	forelady
foreman	12	3	1236	2	foreman
forepaw	15	9	561	2	forepaw
foreplay	16	4	567	2	foreplay
foreran	10	3	1179	2	foreran
foresaw	13	7	713	2	foresaw
forestay	14	4	819	2	forestay
rosebay	12	13	577	2	rosebay

Search took 4 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	107671	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.123	34476.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.499	51069.2