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

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

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54 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
sheafing	15	32	948	(None)
shealing	12	34	1546	1	shealing
shearing	12	39	1590	1	shearing
sheaving	15	41	1025	1	sheaving
chafing	16	39	1149	2	ch_afing
cheating	14	40	1452	2	cheating
cheffing	20	3	446	2	cheffing
chefing	16	35	903	2	che_fing
heading	12	29	1911	2	_heading
healing	11	39	2296	2	_healing
heaping	13	30	1585	2	_heaping
hearing	11	33	2416	2	_hearing
heating	11	40	2432	2	_heating
heaving	14	41	1476	2	_heaving
leafing	11	33	1358	2	_leafing
sealing	8	35	2856	2	s_ealing
seaming	10	32	2211	2	s_eaming
searing	8	33	3092	2	s_earing
seating	8	41	3068	2	s_eating
selfing	11	29	1162	2	s_elfing
shading	12	31	1556	2	sh_ading
shafting	15	27	868	2	sh_afting
shaking	15	33	1725	2	sh_aking
shaming	13	30	1674	2	sh_aming
shaping	13	31	1618	2	sh_aping
sharing	11	37	2324	2	sh_aring
shaving	14	34	1433	2	sh_aving
shawing	14	35	1488	2	sh_awing
shealings	13	31	756	2	shealings
shearings	13	33	756	2	shearings
shearling	13	3	692	2	shearling
sheathing	16	3	687	2	sheathing
shedding	14	27	811	2	shedding
sheening	12	30	1080	2	sheening
sheering	12	37	1510	2	sheering
sheeting	12	27	1283	2	sheeting
shelling	12	35	1521	2	shelling
shelving	15	27	817	2	shelving
shending	13	25	1125	2	shending
shewing	14	38	1219	2	she_wing
shoaling	12	31	1175	2	shoaling
sleaving	12	33	1098	2	sleaving
smearing	11	35	1175	2	smearing
sneaking	13	32	1109	2	sneaking
sneaping	11	34	949	2	sneaping
speaking	15	32	1249	2	speaking
speaning	11	35	1224	2	speaning
spearing	11	32	1610	2	spearing
steading	10	36	1359	2	steading
stealing	9	34	1660	2	stealing
steaming	11	40	1321	2	steaming
strafing	12	21	1119	2	strafing
swearing	12	37	1144	2	swearing
sweating	12	32	1302	2	sweating

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	54	3.313	36540.6
3	Display Results	54	54	0.016	3375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	54	3.719	48048.1