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

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

21 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
sherris	10	16	880	(None)
sherries	11	18	1289	1	sherries
cherries	13	18	1298	2	cherries
derris	7	36	1527	2	_derris
gharris	11	30	643	2	gharris
herries	10	40	2507	2	_herries
serais	6	43	2613	2	s_erais
serries	7	39	2535	2	s_erries
shears	9	38	2090	2	shear_s
sheers	9	43	2240	2	sheer_s
sherds	10	56	1472	2	she_rds
sherif	12	29	1524	2	she_rif
sherifs	13	29	968	2	sherifs
sherpas	12	3	809	2	sherpas
sherrises	12	15	686	2	sherrises
sherry	12	45	1041	2	sherr_y
shirrs	9	44	1317	2	shirr_s
shris	8	42	2145	2	sh__ris
sierras	7	3	786	2	sierras
skerries	12	16	867	2	skerries
wherries	14	17	902	2	wherries

Search took 4 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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.533	30475.8
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.906	45747.8