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

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

23 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
chields	13	50	748	(None)
chield	12	46	1021	1	chield_
chiels	11	51	1593	1	chiel_s
shields	11	53	804	1	shields
bields	9	41	1000	2	_bields
chelas	11	38	1720	2	ch_elas
chicles	14	35	1250	2	chicles
chiefs	14	50	965	2	chie_fs
chiel	10	49	1897	2	chiel__
child	11	45	1622	2	chi_ld_
childe	12	47	1121	2	chi_lde
childes	13	42	1127	2	chi_ldes
chiles	11	54	2530	2	chi_les
chilis	11	55	1787	2	chi_lis
chillis	12	44	1160	2	chillis
chills	11	47	1770	2	chi_lls
chimlas	14	3	745	2	chimlas
chisels	12	21	910	2	chisel_s
fields	10	42	1104	2	_fields
shield	10	62	1297	2	shield_
shiels	9	54	1892	2	shiel_s
wields	10	46	962	2	_wields
yields	10	46	684	2	_yields

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.360	32044.9
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.516	50822.2