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

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

11 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
sheepshearing	22	6	133	(None)
sheepshearings	23	9	99	1	sheepshearings
sheepherding	22	5	189	3	sheep_herding
sheepshearer	20	6	114	3	sheepshear_er
sheepshearers	21	6	99	3	sheepshearers
cheeseparing	20	6	138	4	chee_separing
sheepherdings	23	6	125	4	sheep_herdings
sheepshank	22	5	185	4	sheepsh_a__nk
sheepshead	19	6	194	4	sheepshea___d
sheepsheads	20	6	183	4	sheepshea__ds
shepherding	21	5	227	4	sh_ep_herding

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	95024	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	11	6.576	14450.1
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	6.968	25644.5