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

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

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
sham	9	64	3635	(None)
cham	11	55	3231	1	cham
ham	8	63	6328	1	_ham
scam	8	59	3235	1	scam
seam	6	66	4597	1	seam
sha	6	98	3778	1	sha_
shad	8	62	3091	1	shad
shag	8	64	3056	1	shag
shah	10	56	2778	1	shah
shame	10	57	2670	1	shame
shams	10	58	2941	1	shams
shat	7	64	5659	1	shat
shaw	10	81	3255	1	shaw
shawm	13	53	1614	1	shawm
shay	10	71	3334	1	shay
shim	9	58	2784	1	shim
slam	6	77	3797	1	slam
spam	8	59	3004	1	spam
swam	9	63	2998	1	swam
wham	12	53	2169	1	wham

Search took 1 second 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	13983	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	20	0.263	53167.3
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	0.326	548131.9