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

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

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.

15 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
shrives	13	44	1617	(None)
scrives	12	44	1427	1	scrives
shives	12	49	2141	1	sh_ives
shrieves	14	29	709	1	shrieves
shrikes	14	44	1239	1	shrikes
shrines	10	46	1869	1	shrines
shrive	12	52	1695	1	shrive_
shrived	14	47	1218	1	shrived
shrivel	13	47	940	1	shrivel
shrivels	14	37	644	1	shrivels
shriven	13	37	965	1	shriven
shriver	13	47	1219	1	shriver
shrivers	14	41	910	1	shrivers
strives	10	41	1937	1	strives
thrives	13	46	1171	1	thrives

Search took 2 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	69583	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	15	1.076	64668.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	1.202	148661.4