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

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

18 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
foursquare	22	5	88	(None)
courseware	15	7	247	3	courseware
fourscore	14	4	344	3	fours_core
coursewares	16	5	250	4	coursewares
forbare	12	23	1051	4	fo_r__bare
forequarter	23	6	209	4	fo_requarter
forsake	14	3	653	4	fo_rs__ake
forswear	14	4	329	4	fo_rswear_
forswears	15	4	324	4	fo_rswears
forswore	14	10	696	4	fo_rs_wore
fourragere	14	5	111	4	fourragere
foursome	13	4	467	4	fours__ome
outstare	8	14	1069	4	_outs_tare
outsware	11	16	884	4	_outs_ware
square	15	45	1336	4	____square
torquate	17	4	500	4	to_r_quate
unsquared	19	4	407	4	__unsquared
youthquake	29	5	76	4	youthquake

Search took 10 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	161450	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	161450	18	9.423	17133.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	9.875	18095.3