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

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

12 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
foreshortened	20	6	103	(None)
foreshorten	17	5	264	2	foreshorten__
foreshortens	18	5	191	2	foreshorten_s
foreshortening	21	8	71	3	foreshortening
foreshore	15	11	821	4	foreshor___e_
foreshores	16	10	740	4	foreshor___es
foreshowed	20	4	406	4	foresho___wed
foretokened	19	5	127	4	fore_to_kened
freshened	16	4	525	4	f_resh___ened
resharpened	17	5	201	4	__resharpened
resoftened	14	4	341	4	__res_oftened
shortened	13	4	566	4	____shortened

Search took 6 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	95024	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	12	4.893	19420.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	5.249	34042.9