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

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

13 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
frontwards	17	4	234	(None)
frontward	16	4	257	1	frontward_
forwards	15	3	704	3	f_o_rwards
frontages	13	11	618	3	front_ages
frontals	11	4	627	3	front_a_ls
frontiers	12	5	499	3	frontier_s
frontpages	16	9	264	3	frontpages
frostworks	20	4	304	3	frostworks
froward	14	3	667	3	fro__ward_
ironwares	12	4	455	3	iron_wares
moonwards	15	7	420	3	moon_wards
onwards	11	3	717	3	__on_wards
outwards	12	9	912	3	__outwards

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	13	6.360	22107.4
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.779	26359.5