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

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

25 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
afeared	11	7	683	(None)
afeard	10	5	826	1	afear_d
aneared	8	5	1274	1	aneared
feared	10	63	2043	1	_feared
appeared	13	3	614	2	appeared
ascared	10	39	952	2	ascared
averred	11	23	759	2	averred
bleared	10	42	1125	2	bleared
cleared	10	36	1246	2	cleared
eared	6	51	3950	2	__eared
fared	9	58	4234	2	_f_ared
fearer	9	48	2018	2	_fearer
feased	10	57	1871	2	_feased
feazed	19	51	1263	2	_feazed
flared	10	53	1760	2	_flared
geared	8	53	1774	2	_geared
neared	7	51	1980	2	_neared
reared	7	59	3001	2	_reared
seared	7	52	3284	2	_seared
sheared	11	45	1600	2	sheared
smeared	10	45	1062	2	smeared
speared	10	43	1442	2	speared
teared	7	57	2215	2	_teared
unfeared	12	15	1101	2	unfeared
wafered	14	28	843	2	wafe_red

Search took 4 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.436	31336.1
3	Display Results	25	25	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.812	46875.9