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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sheepherders” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

19 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
sheepherders	21	8	163	(None)
sheepherder	20	6	187	1	sheepherder_
shepherdess	20	5	141	2	sh_epherdess
sheepheads	19	4	365	3	sheephead__s
sheepherding	22	5	189	3	sheepherding
sheepherdings	23	6	125	3	sheepherdings
sheepshearers	21	6	99	3	sheepshearers
shepherded	20	5	226	3	sh_epherde_d
shepherds	18	4	322	3	sh_epherd__s
cheerleaders	18	5	155	4	cheerleaders
sheepberries	19	5	218	4	sheepberries
sheepberry	20	5	182	4	sheepber__ry
sheephead	18	6	389	4	sheephead___
sheepsheads	20	6	183	4	sheepshead__s
sheepshearer	20	6	114	4	sheepshearer_
shelterers	13	4	434	4	sh_elter_ers
shepherd	17	4	437	4	sh_epherd___
shepherdesses	22	6	85	4	sh_epherdesses
shepherding	21	5	227	4	sh_epherding

Search took 7 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	19	6.123	20380.5
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	6.529	27368.8