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

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

15 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
fireguard	14	4	290	(None)
fireguards	15	5	238	1	fireguards
fireboard	15	4	661	2	fireboard
lifeguard	14	5	160	2	lifeguard
disregard	12	4	325	3	disreg_ard
fibreboard	18	5	296	3	fibreboard
firearm	12	3	720	3	fire__arm
firebird	14	4	463	3	fire_bird
fireboards	16	4	543	3	fireboards
firebrand	15	4	463	3	firebrand
foreyard	15	4	642	3	fore_yard
lifeguards	15	5	154	3	lifeguards
noseguard	11	19	262	3	noseguard
regard	8	52	1577	3	__reg_ard
safeguard	14	5	208	3	safeguard

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	15	7.720	19254.0
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	8.156	21909.1