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

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

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.

19 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
shoptalk	17	4	357	(None)
shoptalks	18	4	267	1	shoptalks
hopsack	18	4	527	3	_hopsack
peptalk	15	5	482	3	_peptalk
septal	8	45	1338	3	s_eptal_
sheepwalk	21	5	247	3	sheepwalk
shoal	8	39	2027	3	sho__al_
shoals	9	42	1579	3	sho__als
shoaly	12	40	1077	3	sho__aly
shoepack	19	4	378	3	shoepack
shophar	15	5	546	3	shopha_r
shophars	16	4	635	3	shophars
shopman	14	24	726	3	shopma_n
shortage	12	3	631	3	shortage
shortfall	15	4	287	3	shortfall
shortly	13	38	757	3	short_ly
stalk	9	45	1800	3	s___talk
stopbank	16	4	345	3	stopbank
uptalk	12	3	465	3	__uptalk

Search took 10 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	146162	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	19	9.076	16104.2
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	9.512	18785.8