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

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

24 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
shamois	12	32	1040	(None)
chamois	14	35	1217	1	chamois
shamos	11	42	1698	1	shamo_s
shamoys	15	36	728	1	shamoys
chamoix	21	27	562	2	chamoix
shadows	14	3	719	2	shadows
shakoes	14	45	1001	2	shakoes
shakos	13	49	1218	2	shako_s
shaloms	12	8	898	2	shaloms
shamans	12	36	1089	2	shamans
shamas	11	37	1793	2	sham_as
shames	11	47	2622	2	sham_es
shammas	14	35	871	2	shammas
shammes	14	43	1283	2	shammes
shammies	15	25	967	2	shammies
shammos	14	30	720	2	shammos
shamosim	15	4	472	2	shamosim
shamoy	14	37	991	2	shamo_y
shampoos	15	4	460	2	shampoos
shams	10	58	2941	2	sham__s
shamus	11	41	1281	2	sham_us
shantis	10	33	1308	2	shantis
shmoes	11	46	1209	2	sh_moes
swamis	11	42	1229	2	swam_is

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	24	3.796	28364.3
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.936	45399.1