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

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

20 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
shofars	13	3	583	(None)
shofar	12	3	631	1	shofar_
sofars	9	47	1278	1	s_ofars
hoars	8	59	2555	2	_ho_ars
scholars	13	3	668	2	scholars
shears	9	38	2090	2	sh_ears
shikars	14	3	618	2	shikars
shmears	12	7	707	2	shmears
shoals	9	42	1579	2	sho_als
shoats	9	41	1708	2	sho_ats
shoers	9	45	1833	2	sho_ers
shophars	16	4	635	2	shophars
shorans	10	28	1241	2	shorans
shovers	13	46	1300	2	shovers
showers	13	46	1268	2	showers
soars	5	47	3251	2	s_o_ars
sofar	8	61	1549	2	s_ofar_
sofas	8	53	2071	2	s_ofa_s
sonars	6	48	1897	2	s_onars
sowars	9	43	1801	2	s_owars

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	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	3.096	34777.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.452	51764.5