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

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

12 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
shanteys	14	39	551	(None)
chanteys	16	38	749	1	chanteys
shantey	13	42	1004	1	shantey_
chanters	13	40	1674	2	chanters
chantey	15	41	1254	2	chantey_
shanties	11	31	1659	2	shanties
shantihs	14	27	621	2	shantihs
shantis	10	33	1310	2	shant_is
shanty	12	47	1512	2	shant_y_
shatters	11	33	1391	2	shatters
shinneys	14	27	509	2	shinneys
shunters	11	32	1075	2	shunters

Search took 5 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	121059	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	12	3.830	31608.1
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	4.249	42054.8