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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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16 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
shivah	15	48	854	(None)
shibah	14	38	747	1	shibah
shiva	11	59	1500	1	shiva_
shivahs	16	37	572	1	shivahs
shivas	12	45	1241	1	shivas
shah	10	56	2778	2	sh__ah
shibahs	15	27	564	2	shibahs
shikar	13	3	680	2	shikar
shittah	13	8	515	2	shittah
shiv	10	57	2117	2	shiv__
shive	11	44	2342	2	shiv_e
shiver	12	45	1737	2	shiver
shives	12	49	2141	2	shives
shivs	11	50	1880	2	shiv_s
whidah	16	3	480	2	whidah
yeshivah	20	5	123	2	yeshivah

Search took 3 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	82551	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	16	2.263	36478.6
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	2.609	68490.2