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

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

17 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
shorebirds	16	5	252	(None)
shorebird	15	5	287	1	shorebird_
shorewards	17	4	359	2	shorewards
firebirds	15	4	402	3	_firebirds
lovebirds	15	4	226	3	_lovebirds
lyrebirds	15	4	199	3	_lyrebirds
moosebirds	15	5	196	3	moosebirds
scoreboards	16	5	312	3	scoreboards
scorecards	15	4	242	3	scorecards
shoebills	14	4	348	3	sho_ebills
shorelines	13	4	614	3	shorelines
shoreside	13	4	473	3	shoresi_de
shoreward	16	4	409	3	shoreward_
snakebirds	17	5	165	3	snakebirds
snowbirds	15	4	295	3	sno_wbirds
songbirds	13	4	277	3	s_ongbirds
surfbirds	15	4	216	3	s_urfbirds

Search took 7 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	6.483	21688.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.922	25814.9