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

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

11 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
shoofly	16	3	435	(None)
aloofly	13	4	362	2	aloofly
dhooly	13	45	714	2	dhoo_ly
hooly	11	50	2222	2	_hoo_ly
shadfly	17	3	378	2	shadfly
shoaly	12	40	1077	2	sh_oaly
shool	8	45	2315	2	shoo_l_
shools	9	49	1901	2	shoo_ls
shortly	13	38	757	2	shortly
showily	16	3	622	2	showily
spoofy	14	49	855	2	spoof_y

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	11	2.906	37051.3
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.282	54445.8