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

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

15 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
forefinger	17	10	333	(None)
forefingers	18	13	312	1	forefingers
foreigner	13	4	466	2	fore_igner
befinger	14	3	464	3	__befinger
firefanged	18	5	192	3	firefanged
folksinger	18	5	126	3	folksinger
forefather	19	4	357	3	forefather
forefended	18	4	324	3	forefended
foreigners	14	4	414	3	fore_igners
forerunner	13	16	251	3	forerunner
forewing	15	3	900	3	forewing__
forewings	16	4	511	3	forewing_s
forfeiter	15	4	417	3	forfei_ter
porringer	12	4	405	3	por_ringer
refiner	10	53	1691	3	__refin_er

Search took 9 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	15	7.500	18747.1
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	7.939	22508.0