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

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

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.

11 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
softshell	15	5	159	(None)
softshells	16	5	157	1	softshells
bombshell	18	8	166	3	bombshell
nutshell	11	4	296	3	_nutshell
outsell	7	10	926	3	_outs_ell
outsmell	10	7	552	3	_outsmell
outspell	10	12	545	3	_outspell
seashell	11	4	410	3	s_eashell
softball	13	4	420	3	soft_ball
softhead	15	4	500	3	soft_head
subshell	13	4	488	3	s_ubshell

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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	11	7.453	19943.8
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	7.905	22604.8