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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sheers” 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
sheers	9	43	2240	(None)
cheers	11	45	1891	1	cheers
seers	5	51	3638	1	s_eers
shears	9	38	2090	1	shears
sheens	9	51	1699	1	sheens
sheer	8	47	2689	1	sheer_
sheets	9	39	1849	1	sheets
shewers	13	43	1204	1	shewers
shiers	9	49	2175	1	shiers
shoers	9	45	1832	1	shoers
shyers	12	47	1220	1	shyers
sneers	6	40	1617	1	sneers
speers	8	50	1995	1	speers
steers	6	38	2098	1	steers

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	48755	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	14	0.983	49598.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	1.156	154577.0