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

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

14 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
shays	11	60	2143	(None)
chays	13	53	1974	1	chays
hays	10	61	3807	1	_hays
says	7	59	4210	1	s_ays
shads	9	51	2448	1	shads
shags	9	51	2386	1	shags
shahs	11	59	1951	1	shahs
shams	10	58	2941	1	shams
shaws	11	62	2626	1	shaws
shay	10	71	3334	1	shay_
slays	8	57	2368	1	slays
spays	10	55	2051	1	spays
stays	8	60	2202	1	stays
sways	11	55	1846	1	sways

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	14	0.610	47141.0
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	0.720	248181.9