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

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

15 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
shapes	11	51	2494	(None)
chapes	13	54	2187	1	chapes
scapes	10	51	2226	1	scapes
shades	10	59	2453	1	shades
shakes	13	50	2459	1	shakes
shales	9	47	3125	1	shales
shames	11	47	2622	1	shames
shape	10	51	2511	1	shape_
shaped	12	50	2010	1	shaped
shapen	11	44	1465	1	shapen
shaper	11	41	1993	1	shaper
shapers	12	40	1689	1	shapers
shares	9	52	3641	1	shares
shaves	12	52	2493	1	shaves
stapes	8	50	2873	1	stapes

Search took 3 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	48755	0.236	757165.3
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	15	1.953	24964.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	2.205	81039.0