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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shanghais” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

21 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
shanghais	16	4	286	(None)
shanghai	15	4	262	1	shanghai_
shanghaied	18	14	198	2	shanghaied
shanghaier	17	12	224	2	shanghaier
shanghaiers	18	12	156	2	shanghaiers
bhangras	14	4	368	3	bhangra_s
franglais	13	4	327	3	franglais
hangars	11	43	1348	3	_hang_ars
hangnail	12	5	364	3	_hangnail
hangnails	13	5	299	3	_hangnails
hangtags	13	4	415	3	_hangtags
sandhis	11	3	999	3	s_andh_is
sangars	8	31	1625	3	s_ang_ars
sangas	7	52	2265	3	s_ang_a_s
sanghs	10	53	1206	3	s_angh__s
sangrias	9	3	837	3	s_angrias
shadchans	18	4	302	3	shadchans
shadkhans	20	4	206	3	shadkhans
shanghaiing	19	6	184	3	shanghaiing
shantis	10	33	1308	3	shan__tis
shaughs	14	24	528	3	shaugh__s

Search took 10 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	148641	0.170	1051123.5
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	21	9.126	16287.6
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	9.309	19195.5