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

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

14 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
sharks	13	50	1972	(None)
charks	15	52	1970	1	charks
harks	12	63	3343	1	_harks
sarks	9	66	3246	1	s_arks
shacks	15	48	1756	1	shacks
shanks	13	53	1558	1	shanks
shards	10	43	1917	1	shards
shares	9	52	3641	1	shares
shark	12	62	2502	1	shark_
sharns	9	55	1698	1	sharns
sharps	11	55	1608	1	sharps
shirks	13	48	1412	1	shirks
snarks	10	48	1573	1	snarks
sparks	12	46	1636	1	sparks

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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	14	0.923	52822.3
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	1.062	168258.9