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

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

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.

14 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
foreshadow	20	5	182	(None)
foreshadows	21	5	155	1	foreshadows
foreshadowed	23	13	127	2	foreshadowed
foreshadower	22	13	128	2	foreshadower
foreshow	17	8	589	2	foresh__ow
beshadow	17	4	230	3	__beshadow
foresaw	13	7	713	3	fores_a__w
foreshadowers	23	11	104	3	foreshadow~~ers~~
foreshadowing	24	6	107	3	foreshadow~~ing~~
foreshank	19	4	467	3	foresha_nk
foreshanks	20	4	383	3	foreshanks
foreshown	18	6	447	3	foresh__own
foreshows	18	7	597	3	foresh__ows
overshadow	20	4	196	3	_overshadow

Search took 8 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	7.093	19822.8
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	7.516	23774.7