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

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

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
shirtmaker	19	5	233	(None)
shirtmakers	20	5	220	1	shirtmakers
hatmaker	17	8	535	3	_h_atmaker
printmaker	18	5	231	3	printmaker
sailmaker	15	4	397	3	sai_lmaker
shiitake	15	4	288	3	shiit_ake_
shiitakes	16	4	301	3	shiit_akes
shirker	14	37	1134	3	shir___ker
shirtier	11	3	794	3	shirt__ier
shitake	14	5	562	3	shi_t_ake_
shitakes	15	4	611	3	shi_t_akes
shoemaker	18	4	384	3	sh_oemaker
shortcake	18	4	320	3	shortcake_
shortcakes	19	4	302	3	shortcakes

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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	5.780	24325.8
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.219	28733.1