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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “foreshortening” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

10 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
foreshortening	21	8	71	(None)
foreshorten	17	5	264	3	foreshorte__n_
foreshortened	20	6	103	3	foreshorten_ed
foreshortens	18	5	191	3	foreshorte__ns
foreshowing	21	5	352	4	foresho___wing
foretokening	20	6	132	4	fore_to_kening
freshening	17	4	477	4	f_resh___ening
resharpening	18	5	234	4	__resharpening
resoftening	15	4	323	4	__res_oftening
shortening	14	4	530	4	____shortening

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	65874	0.093	1921408.6
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	10	4.296	15333.8
3	Display Results	10	10	0.016	625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	4.405	40565.5