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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shortchanger” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
shortchanger	21	7	134	(None)
shortchange	20	5	169	1	shortchange_
shortchanged	22	6	133	1	shortchanged
shortchangers	22	7	111	1	shortchangers
shortchanges	21	5	162	1	shortchanges
shortchanging	23	7	107	3	shortchanging
shorthanded	19	5	225	3	short_handed
shortage	12	3	631	4	short__a_ge_
shortages	13	3	651	4	short__a_ges
shortcake	18	4	320	4	shortc_a_ke_
shortcakes	19	4	302	4	shortc_a_kes
shortener	12	4	577	4	short__en_er
shorthair	15	4	302	4	short_ha__ir
shorthaired	18	5	191	4	short_haired
shorthand	16	4	375	4	short_han__d
shorthands	17	4	349	4	short_han_ds
straphanger	17	5	219	4	s_traphanger

Search took 8 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	17	7.533	16565.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.939	22508.0