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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “forehand” 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
forehand	15	3	769	(None)
aforehand	16	4	281	1	aforehand
forehands	16	5	674	1	forehands
foreland	12	3	901	1	foreland
barehand	14	4	615	2	barehand
beforehand	19	5	122	2	beforehand
farmhand	17	4	356	2	farmhand
forefend	15	4	560	2	forefend
forehanded	18	4	484	2	forehanded
forehead	15	3	789	2	forehead
forelands	13	4	717	2	forelands
foreman	12	3	1236	2	foreman_
foreran	10	3	1179	2	foreran_
forerank	15	4	675	2	forerank
foresaid	12	4	780	2	foresaid
foreshank	19	4	467	2	foreshank
foreyard	15	4	642	2	foreyard
freehand	15	7	499	2	freehand

Search took 5 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	121059	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.656	33112.4
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.045	44175.8