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

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

22 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
shirtiest	12	3	932	(None)
shiftiest	15	3	736	1	shiftiest
shittiest	12	3	833	1	shittiest
chertiest	14	3	879	2	chertiest
chirpiest	16	28	647	2	chirpiest
dirtiest	9	30	1420	2	_dirtiest
flirtiest	12	3	619	2	flirtiest
shiniest	11	32	1249	2	shi_niest
shirtier	11	3	794	2	shirtie_r
shirtless	12	26	641	2	shirtless
shortest	11	3	1078	2	short_est
shorties	11	4	1458	2	shorties_
siltiest	8	35	1561	2	s_iltiest
slittiest	9	3	820	2	slittiest
smirkiest	15	3	519	2	smirkiest
spiriest	10	25	1345	2	spir_iest
sportiest	11	17	1102	2	sportiest
swirliest	12	3	629	2	swirliest
thirstiest	13	4	397	2	thirstiest
thirties	11	3	972	2	thirties_
whirliest	15	21	604	2	whirliest
whitiest	14	25	988	2	whi_tiest

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	121436	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	22	3.720	32644.1
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.876	46101.9