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

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

13 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
forestays	15	4	662	(None)
forestay	14	4	819	1	forestay_
forebays	16	3	726	2	fore_bays
foreplays	17	4	504	2	foreplays
forestage	13	4	697	2	forestage
forestages	14	4	673	2	forestages
forestal	11	4	1028	2	foresta_l
forestall	12	4	691	2	forestall
forestalls	13	4	580	2	forestalls
foresters	12	3	1253	2	foresters
forestry	14	4	672	2	forestry_
forests	10	41	1495	2	forest__s
homestays	17	4	471	2	homestays

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	121436	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	13	3.610	33638.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.016	44494.8