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

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

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73 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
shortened	13	4	566	(None)
shortener	12	4	577	1	shortener
sharpened	15	4	448	2	sharpened
shorted	11	36	1440	2	short__ed
shorten	10	35	1141	2	shorten__
shorteners	13	4	508	2	shorteners
shortens	11	28	899	2	shorten_s
smartened	12	4	426	2	smartened
softened	12	3	566	2	s_oftened
stoutened	10	5	357	2	stoutened
chartered	15	15	839	3	chartered
chastened	15	4	588	3	chastened
chorten	12	28	1130	3	chorten__
chortens	13	30	879	3	chorten_s
chortled	14	32	661	3	chort_led
fortuned	12	8	532	3	_fortuned
hardened	13	3	861	3	_hardened
harkened	16	3	748	3	_harkened
hastened	12	23	910	3	_hastened
heartened	13	4	706	3	heartened
hoarsened	13	4	405	3	_hoarsened
hoidened	13	3	565	3	_hoidened
horned	10	57	1870	3	_hor__ned
hosteled	12	3	728	3	_hosteled
hoydened	16	4	464	3	_hoydened
portend	10	34	1119	3	_porten_d
portended	13	4	564	3	_portended
portered	11	23	1153	3	_portered
scorned	10	22	995	3	scor__ned
screened	11	3	740	3	s_creened
sharpener	14	4	458	3	sharpener
shattered	13	17	820	3	shattered
sheened	11	35	1170	3	sh__eened
sheltered	13	3	557	3	sheltered
shored	10	57	2365	3	shor___ed
shortage	12	3	631	3	shortage_
shortages	13	3	651	3	shortages
shortbread	16	13	208	3	shortbread
shortening	14	4	530	3	shortening
shorter	10	35	1550	3	short__er
shortest	11	3	1078	3	shorte_st
shorthand	16	4	375	3	shorthand
shorthanded	19	5	225	3	shorthanded
shorthead	16	4	447	3	shorthead
shortie	10	4	1134	3	short_ie_
shorties	11	4	1458	3	short_ies
shorting	12	25	1480	3	shortin_g
shortness	12	3	673	3	shortness
shortwaved	20	5	180	3	shortwaved
shotted	11	39	1240	3	sho_t_ted
shotten	10	28	846	3	shotten__
shouted	11	39	1155	3	shout__ed
shoveled	15	19	535	3	sho_veled
showered	15	3	701	3	sho_wered
shrewed	14	58	984	3	sh_r_ewed
shrieked	16	26	517	3	sh_rieked
shrieved	15	27	607	3	sh_rieved
shrined	11	41	1241	3	sh_r_ined
shuttered	13	15	633	3	shuttered
smoothened	16	4	248	3	smoothened
snorkeled	14	4	288	3	snorkeled
snorted	8	38	1349	3	snort__ed
soddened	11	4	464	3	s_oddened
softener	11	4	561	3	s_oftener
sorned	7	48	2004	3	s_or__ned
sorted	7	45	2371	3	s_ort__ed
sortied	8	33	1410	3	s_ort_ied
sported	10	40	1543	3	sport__ed
storeyed	12	3	464	3	stor_eyed
sweetened	13	4	325	3	sweetened
thorned	11	47	940	3	thor__ned
whitened	15	3	517	3	wh_itened
worsened	12	3	605	3	_worsened

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	148641	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	73	7.610	19532.3
3	Display Results	73	73	0.016	4562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	73	7.782	22962.1