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

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

17 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
foreign	11	3	683	(None)
coreign	10	3	734	1	coreign
coreigns	11	3	632	2	coreigns
feign	9	42	1071	2	f__eign
forcing	13	40	1375	2	forcing
fording	12	37	1704	2	fording
forego	10	3	890	2	fore_go
foreigner	13	4	466	2	foreigner
foreman	12	3	1236	2	foreman
foremen	12	4	1292	2	foremen
foreran	10	3	1179	2	foreran
forerun	10	3	765	2	forerun
forewing	15	3	900	2	forewing
forging	12	41	1472	2	forging
forking	15	40	1484	2	forking
forming	13	36	1573	2	forming
reign	6	50	1519	2	__reign

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	6.173	17442.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.576	27173.2