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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “southwestwards” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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
southwestwards	24	7	108	(None)
southwestward	23	7	124	1	southwestward_
northwestwards	24	7	110	2	northwestwards
southeastwards	21	12	122	2	southeastwards
northwestward	23	7	129	3	northwestward_
southeastward	20	10	145	3	southeastward_
southwesters	18	6	236	3	southwest_er_s
northeastwards	21	10	109	4	northeastwards
southwards	17	4	360	4	south____wards
southwester	17	8	251	4	southwest_er__
southwesterly	22	7	154	4	southwest_erly
southwestern	18	7	198	4	southwest_er_n
southwests	16	4	270	4	southwest____s

Search took 4 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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	65874	13	3.076	21415.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.186	56086.3