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

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

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.

22 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
shoeblack	20	4	315	(None)
shoeblacks	21	5	301	1	shoeblacks
shellack	17	4	508	2	sh_ellack
shoelace	13	4	530	2	shoe_lace
shoepack	19	4	378	2	shoe_pack
boneblack	19	12	283	3	boneblack
bootblack	19	5	283	3	bootblack
eyeblack	19	10	273	3	_eyeblack
hogback	19	4	545	3	_hogb_ack
nonblack	16	4	430	3	_nonblack
shellac	12	3	669	3	sh_ellac_
shellacks	18	4	455	3	sh_ellacks
shellacs	13	4	557	3	sh_ellacs
shellback	20	4	362	3	sh_ellback
sherlock	17	4	424	3	sh_erlock
shoelaces	14	4	524	3	shoe_laces
shoepac	14	4	401	3	shoe_pac_
shoepacks	20	4	351	3	shoe_packs
shoepacs	15	4	383	3	shoe_pacs
showplace	19	5	286	3	showplace
shtetlach	17	5	148	3	shtetlach
slotback	16	4	420	3	slotb_ack

Search took 8 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	148641	0.563	317390.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	6.670	22285.0
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.249	24650.4