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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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43 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
shorten	10	35	1141	(None)
chorten	12	28	1130	1	chorten
shorted	11	36	1440	1	shorted
shortens	11	28	899	1	shortens
shorter	10	35	1550	1	shorter
shotten	10	28	846	1	shotten
chortens	13	30	879	2	chortens
sharpen	12	38	972	2	sharpen
shodden	12	26	576	2	shodden
shooter	10	30	1399	2	shooter
shopmen	14	27	720	2	shopmen
shoran	9	40	1604	2	shor_an
shore	8	54	3265	2	shor_e_
shored	10	57	2365	2	shor_ed
shores	9	48	3041	2	shor_es
shorn	8	57	2218	2	shor__n
short	8	50	4053	2	short__
shortened	13	4	566	2	shortened
shortener	12	4	577	2	shortener
shortest	11	3	1078	2	shortest
shortia	10	4	819	2	shortia
shortie	10	4	1134	2	shortie
shorties	11	4	1458	2	shorties
shorting	12	25	1480	2	shorting
shortly	13	38	757	2	shortly
shorts	9	53	2174	2	short_s
shorty	12	43	1320	2	short_y
shote	8	55	2610	2	sho_te_
shotes	9	53	2191	2	sho_tes
shotted	11	39	1240	2	shotted
shouted	11	39	1155	2	shouted
shouter	10	32	1308	2	shouter
showmen	15	22	717	2	showmen
smarten	9	34	886	2	smarten
snorted	8	38	1349	2	snorted
snorter	7	44	1266	2	snorter
soften	9	42	949	2	s_often
sorted	7	45	2371	2	s_orted
sorter	6	44	2509	2	s_orter
sported	10	40	1543	2	sported
sporter	9	36	1655	2	sporter
stouten	7	30	733	2	stouten
torten	6	53	1435	2	_torten

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	43	3.593	29966.9
3	Display Results	43	43	0.016	2687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	43	3.985	44840.9