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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shortenings” 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
shortenings	15	4	268	(None)
shortening	14	4	530	1	shortening_
hardenings	15	4	424	3	_hardenings
hornings	12	23	836	3	_hor__nings
screenings	13	4	326	3	s_creenings
sharpening	16	4	488	3	sharpening_
shirtings	13	27	660	3	shirt__ings
shootings	13	26	606	3	shoot__ings
shorelines	13	4	614	3	shor_elines
shorings	12	26	948	3	shor___ings
shortcomings	20	5	118	3	shortcomings
shorteners	13	4	508	3	shorten_ers
shortens	11	28	899	3	shorte__n_s
shorting	12	25	1480	3	short__ing_
smartening	13	4	499	3	smartening_
softening	13	6	549	3	s_oftening_
stoutening	11	4	338	3	stoutening_
sweetenings	15	15	234	3	sweetenings
whitenings	17	4	261	3	wh_itenings

Search took 6 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	121633	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	19	5.500	22115.1
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	5.922	30174.1