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

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

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.

14 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
forthright	20	5	324	(None)
forthrights	21	5	222	1	forthrights
birthright	19	5	256	2	birthright
forthrightly	25	6	111	2	forthrightly
fortnight	16	4	379	2	fort_night
birthrights	20	5	189	3	birthrights
earthlight	17	5	364	3	earthlight
footlight	16	25	527	3	foot_light
foresight	16	4	532	3	for_esight
forethought	21	11	237	3	forethought
forthwith	21	5	276	3	forthwith_
fortnights	17	5	267	3	fort_nights
outright	12	4	874	3	_out_right
torchlight	19	5	262	3	torchlight

Search took 7 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	140603	0.546	327272.9
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	6.250	22496.5
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.812	26231.8