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

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

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
lifeguarding	18	6	95	(None)
safeguarding	18	6	137	2	safeguarding
lifeguard	14	5	160	3	lifeguard___
lifeguarded	17	6	86	3	lifeguard_ed
lifeguards	15	5	154	3	lifeguard__s
blackguarding	24	6	158	4	blackguarding
bodyguarding	21	6	127	4	bodyguarding
disregarding	16	5	253	4	disreg_arding
guarding	11	3	652	4	____guarding
lifesaving	17	4	180	4	life_sa_ving
niggarding	14	4	235	4	ni__ggarding
regarding	12	14	915	4	__reg_arding
unguarding	13	4	353	4	__unguarding

Search took 8 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	124790	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	13	7.110	17551.3
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.483	23879.6