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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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16 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
forgives	15	3	575	(None)
forgive	14	3	619	1	forgive_
forgiven	15	4	298	1	forgiven
forgiver	15	3	418	1	forgiver
forgivers	16	4	371	1	forgivers
fogies	10	41	1806	2	fo_gi_es
forcipes	15	3	594	2	forcipes
forgave	14	3	585	2	forgave_
forges	10	50	2426	2	forg__es
forgings	13	28	770	2	forgings
forgoes	11	3	1135	2	forg_oes
fornices	13	6	910	2	fornices
forties	10	43	2386	2	forti_es
ogives	10	36	791	2	_o_gives
orgies	7	23	1609	2	_orgi_es
porgies	10	30	1700	2	porgi_es

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.360	36029.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.766	47448.5