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

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

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
steward	11	3	806	(None)
stewards	12	3	638	1	stewards
leeward	11	3	578	2	leeward
reward	10	60	1764	2	_reward
seaward	11	4	818	2	seaward
sewar	8	54	2110	2	s_ewar_
sewars	9	40	1863	2	s_ewars
sideward	13	4	595	2	sideward
skyward	18	4	386	2	skyward
stead	6	55	2027	2	ste_a_d
stelar	6	40	1386	2	stelar_
stemware	13	4	488	2	stemware
sternward	13	4	312	2	sternward
stewarded	14	4	353	2	stewarded
stewed	10	48	1424	2	stew_ed
sunward	11	3	765	2	sunward
sward	9	42	2146	2	s__ward
toward	10	3	1106	2	_toward

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.156	34116.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.545	50406.5