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

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

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59 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
shadier	11	31	1115	(None)
shader	10	42	1876	1	shad_er
shakier	14	34	1115	1	shakier
shalier	10	31	1642	1	shalier
beadier	10	35	1391	2	beadier
charier	12	43	1790	2	charier
gladier	9	38	1099	2	gladier
handier	11	38	1744	2	_handier
hardier	11	47	2154	2	_hardier
hazier	18	47	1240	2	_hazier
headier	11	32	1295	2	headier
leadier	8	32	1272	2	leadier
readier	8	31	1742	2	readier
sadder	8	29	1697	2	s_adder
sagier	7	37	1716	2	s_agier
sandier	8	40	1784	2	sandier
scalier	9	43	1691	2	scalier
scarier	9	40	1787	2	scarier
seamier	9	31	1463	2	seamier
seedier	8	35	1363	2	seedier
shabbier	15	3	518	2	shabbier
shade	9	51	2558	2	shad_e_
shaded	11	45	1887	2	shad_ed
shaders	11	59	1555	2	shad_ers
shades	10	59	2453	2	shad_es
shadiest	12	17	1128	2	shadiest
shadily	14	3	772	2	shadily
shading	12	31	1556	2	shading
shadower	15	4	486	2	shadower
shadowier	16	4	289	2	shadowier
shaggier	13	11	605	2	shaggier
shaker	13	43	1946	2	sha_ker
shammer	14	46	1314	2	shammer
shandies	12	27	1411	2	shandies
shaper	11	41	1993	2	sha_per
sharer	9	50	2548	2	sha_rer
sharker	14	43	1381	2	sharker
sharper	12	43	1270	2	sharper
shatter	10	36	1570	2	shatter
shaver	12	37	1891	2	sha_ver
shavie	12	43	1242	2	shavie_
shavies	13	42	1321	2	shavies
shedder	12	33	932	2	shedder
shier	8	54	2894	2	sh__ier
shinier	10	41	1314	2	shinier
shoalier	11	3	707	2	shoalier
shoddier	13	3	421	2	shoddier
showier	13	3	910	2	showier
shudder	12	29	732	2	shudder
slatier	7	40	1681	2	slatier
snakier	11	28	1000	2	snakier
soapier	9	34	1171	2	soapier
soldier	8	28	1215	2	soldier
spacier	11	40	1163	2	spacier
spader	9	43	1713	2	spad_er
stagier	8	35	1344	2	stagier
staider	8	39	1261	2	staider
steadier	9	3	731	2	steadier
studier	8	25	1005	2	studier

Search took 4 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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	59	3.106	34665.5
3	Display Results	59	59	0.016	3687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	3.498	51083.8