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

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

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
showbreads	19	5	208	(None)
shewbreads	19	5	186	1	shewbreads
showbread	18	4	230	1	showbread_
sowbreads	15	4	285	1	s_owbreads
shewbread	18	4	204	2	shewbread_
shortbreads	17	13	198	2	shortbreads
showerheads	21	5	184	2	showerheads
sowbread	14	4	319	2	s_owbread_
shortbread	16	13	208	3	shortbread_
shortheads	17	4	381	3	shortheads
showboats	17	4	377	3	showb_oats
showered	15	3	701	3	showere_d_
showerers	15	4	507	3	showere_rs
showerhead	20	5	195	3	showerhead_

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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	14	6.780	20737.9
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	7.219	24752.9