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

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

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
shielders	13	3	476	(None)
shielder	12	3	518	1	shielder_
fielders	12	15	677	2	_fielders
shedders	13	26	743	2	sh_edders
shellers	11	28	1258	2	sh_ellers
shelters	11	34	1281	2	sh_elters
shelvers	14	38	881	2	sh_elvers
shielded	13	3	439	2	shielde_d
shields	11	53	804	2	shield__s
shoulders	13	3	423	2	shoulders
shredders	14	6	371	2	shredders
spielers	10	31	965	2	spiel_ers
wielders	12	19	661	2	_wielders
yielders	12	16	474	2	_yielders

Search took 5 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	121436	0.610	292936.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	14	3.750	32382.9
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.360	40984.2