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

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

21 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
afterward	16	6	400	(None)
afterwards	17	8	359	1	afterwards
afterword	16	8	443	1	afterword
aftercare	14	4	456	2	aftercare
afterwords	17	7	420	2	afterwords
afterworld	17	8	243	2	afterworld
afeard	10	5	826	3	af_e__ard
aftercares	15	4	450	3	aftercares
afterdamp	17	5	212	3	afterdamp
aftermath	17	4	367	3	aftermath
afterpain	14	4	339	3	afterpain
aftertax	18	4	323	3	afterta_x
afterworlds	18	10	174	3	afterworlds
airward	11	4	813	3	a__irward
forward	14	3	829	3	_f_orward
hitherward	20	5	290	3	hitherward
interlard	10	4	845	3	interlard
interwar	11	4	826	3	interwar_
riverward	16	4	344	3	riverward
sternward	13	4	312	3	_sternward
steward	11	3	806	3	_ste_ward

Search took 9 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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	21	7.580	19609.6
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	8.029	22255.7