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

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

9 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
sharper	12	43	1270	(None)
harper	11	50	1840	1	_harper
scarper	11	48	1482	1	scarper
shaper	11	41	1993	1	sha_per
sharer	9	50	2548	1	shar_er
sharker	14	43	1381	1	sharker
sharped	13	41	1204	1	sharped
sharpen	12	38	972	1	sharpen
sharpers	13	38	1094	1	sharpers

Search took 2 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	69583	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	9	1.420	49002.1
3	Display Results	9	9	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	9	1.593	112172.6