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

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

19 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
showgirls	16	4	176	(None)
shopgirls	15	4	179	1	shopgirls
showgirl	15	4	208	1	showgirl_
cowgirls	14	4	249	2	_cowgirls
shopgirl	14	4	226	2	shopgirl_
choirgirls	16	5	111	3	choirgirls
cowgirl	13	5	327	3	_cowgirl_
homegirls	15	4	250	3	_homegirls
schoolgirls	17	5	185	3	schoolgirls
shoebills	14	4	348	3	shoebills
shogis	10	38	1094	3	sho_gi__s
shorls	9	45	1620	3	sho___rls
showers	13	46	1268	3	show_er_s
showily	16	3	622	3	show_i_ly
showings	15	24	688	3	show_ings
showrings	16	4	406	3	showrings
showtimes	17	4	365	3	showtimes
snowbirds	15	4	295	3	snowbirds
swirls	9	40	1013	3	s__w_irls

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	19	6.593	22545.3
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	7.016	25469.1