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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shales” 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.

17 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
shales	9	47	3125	(None)
hales	8	54	4984	1	_hales
sales	5	60	5559	1	s_ales
scales	8	45	2931	1	scales
shades	10	59	2453	1	shades
shakes	13	50	2459	1	shakes
shale	8	53	3283	1	shale_
shaled	10	50	2395	1	shaled
shaley	12	37	1499	1	shaley
shames	11	47	2622	1	shames
shapes	11	51	2494	1	shapes
shares	9	52	3641	1	shares
shaves	12	52	2493	1	shaves
spales	8	47	2810	1	spales
stales	6	55	3829	1	stales
swales	9	39	2076	1	swales
whales	12	47	1694	1	whales

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	48755	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	17	1.220	39963.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	1.312	136197.4