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

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

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
shows	11	53	2457	(None)
chows	13	56	1820	1	chows
dhows	12	59	1122	1	dhows
hows	10	63	4560	1	_hows
scows	10	66	1780	1	scows
shaws	11	62	2626	1	shaws
shews	11	59	2471	1	shews
shoes	8	54	2965	1	shoes
shogs	9	53	1970	1	shogs
shoos	8	42	2635	1	shoos
shops	10	42	2289	1	shops
shots	8	47	3083	1	shots
show	10	62	2918	1	show_
shown	11	52	1647	1	shown
showy	14	57	1400	1	showy
slows	8	53	2346	1	slows
snows	8	47	1988	1	snows
sows	7	53	4249	1	s_ows
stows	8	66	2270	1	stows

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	19	0.533	53951.2
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	0.609	293417.1