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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shepherding” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

12 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
shepherding	21	5	227	(None)
sheepherding	22	5	189	1	sheepherding
sheepherdings	23	6	125	2	sheepherdings
sceptering	15	4	579	3	scepter_ing
sheering	12	37	1510	3	she__er_ing
sheltering	14	4	649	3	shelter_ing
shepherd	17	4	437	3	shepherd___
shepherded	20	5	226	3	shepherd_ed
shepherdess	20	5	141	3	shepherdess
shepherds	18	4	322	3	shepherd__s
sphering	14	28	1194	3	s__pher_ing
syphering	18	17	573	3	s_ypher_ing

Search took 7 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	12	5.736	21205.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.126	29169.3