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

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

19 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
forestal	11	4	1028	(None)
forestall	12	4	691	1	forestall
forestay	14	4	819	1	forestay
forestial	12	4	723	1	forestial
agrestal	9	4	565	2	agrestal
borstal	9	3	904	2	bor_stal
crestal	9	3	1213	2	_crestal
festal	9	42	1356	2	f__estal
foetal	9	3	1188	2	fo_e_tal
foresail	11	4	782	2	foresail
foresaw	13	7	713	2	fores_aw
forest	9	49	2674	2	forest__
forestage	13	4	697	2	forestage
forestalls	13	4	580	2	forestalls
forestays	15	4	662	2	forestays
forested	12	3	1246	2	forested
forester	11	3	1367	2	forester
forestry	14	4	672	2	forestry
forests	10	41	1495	2	forest_s

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.920	30882.4
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	4.326	41306.3