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

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

14 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
bashaws	15	34	771	(None)
bashaw	14	34	930	1	bashaw_
cashaws	15	39	857	1	cashaws
bashers	12	48	2083	2	bashers
bashes	11	56	3139	2	bash_es
bushwas	15	10	561	2	bushwas
cashaw	14	43	979	2	cashaw_
cashews	15	42	860	2	cashews
cushaws	15	35	629	2	cushaws
kashas	13	33	1190	2	kasha_s
pashas	11	51	1706	2	pasha_s
pshaws	14	43	570	2	_pshaws
sashays	13	3	633	2	sashays
shaws	11	62	2626	2	__shaws

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	14	3.093	34811.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.466	51555.4