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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shogun” 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
shogun	10	4	571	(None)
shoguns	11	3	442	1	shoguns
shotgun	11	4	300	1	shotgun
hogan	9	78	1770	2	_hogan
progun	9	6	878	2	progun
shog	8	60	2514	2	shog__
shogi	9	50	1401	2	shog_i
shogis	10	38	1094	2	shogis
shogs	9	53	1971	2	shog_s
shogunal	12	4	238	2	shogunal
shoon	8	40	2201	2	sho_on
shoran	9	40	1604	2	shoran
shorn	8	57	2218	2	sho_rn
shotguns	12	4	231	2	shotguns
shout	8	54	3317	2	sho_ut
shown	11	52	1648	2	sho_wn
shoyu	11	3	891	2	shoyu_
shoyus	12	6	600	2	shoyus
shun	7	51	2277	2	sh__un
slogan	7	53	922	2	slogan
swoun	8	48	1149	2	swo_un

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	2.610	31628.7
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	2.953	60511.7