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

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

20 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
outwards	12	9	912	(None)
outward	11	8	1140	1	outward_
outwars	10	9	1279	1	outwar_s
onwards	11	3	717	2	o_nwards
outadds	9	3	620	2	out_adds
outbarks	14	3	783	2	outbarks
outboards	12	4	621	2	outboards
outdares	9	27	1246	2	outdares
outearns	8	3	840	2	outearns
outlands	9	8	856	2	outlands
outwaits	11	3	749	2	outwaits
outwalks	15	3	599	2	outwalks
outwar	9	10	1151	2	outwar__
outwardly	16	4	306	2	outwardly
outwears	11	9	726	2	outwear_s
outwinds	12	3	536	2	outwinds
outworks	15	14	897	2	outworks
southwards	17	4	360	2	southwards
sunwards	12	3	644	2	sunwards
upwards	13	13	596	2	_upwards

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	20	3.513	34460.3
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.903	45783.0