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

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

13 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
shearing	12	39	1590	(None)
hearing	11	33	2416	1	_hearing
searing	8	33	3092	1	s_earing
sharing	11	37	2324	1	sh_aring
sheafing	15	32	948	1	sheafing
shealing	12	34	1546	1	shealing
shearings	13	33	756	1	shearings
shearling	13	3	692	1	shearling
sheaving	15	41	1025	1	sheaving
sheering	12	37	1510	1	sheering
smearing	11	35	1175	1	smearing
spearing	11	32	1610	1	spearing
swearing	12	37	1144	1	swearing

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	82945	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82945	13	1.436	57761.1
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	1.812	98615.3