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

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

8 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
sharkers	15	40	1105	(None)
shakers	14	40	1556	1	sha_kers
sharers	10	47	2062	1	shar_ers
sharker	14	43	1381	1	sharker_
sharpers	13	38	1094	1	sharpers
shirkers	15	31	958	1	shirkers
sparkers	14	41	1131	1	sparkers
starkers	12	37	1239	1	starkers

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	82945	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82945	8	1.310	63316.8
3	Display Results	8	8	0.016	500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	1.452	123065.4