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

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

18 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
shortwave	18	4	248	(None)
shortwaved	20	5	180	1	shortwaved
shortwaves	19	4	256	1	shortwaves
shortage	12	3	631	2	short_age
shortcake	18	4	320	2	shortcake
shareware	15	4	433	3	shareware
shoreward	16	4	409	3	shoreward
shortages	13	3	651	3	short_ages
shortcakes	19	4	302	3	shortcakes
shortfall	15	4	287	3	shortfall
shorthair	15	4	302	3	shorthair
shorthand	16	4	375	3	shorthand
shortia	10	4	819	3	shortia__
shortias	11	4	809	3	shortia_s
shortie	10	4	1134	3	short__ie
shortwaving	21	5	150	3	shortwaving
software	14	6	425	3	s_oftware
sportive	13	4	833	3	sport_ive

Search took 9 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	0.483	369960.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	7.610	19532.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	8.109	22036.1