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

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

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87 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(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
woolshed	15	5	392	(None)
toolshed	12	4	421	1	toolshed
woodshed	16	4	421	1	woodshed
woolsheds	16	4	255	1	woolsheds
wooshed	14	16	740	1	woo_shed
coalshed	14	3	501	2	coalshed
swooshed	15	17	427	2	swoo_shed
toolsheds	13	4	232	2	toolsheds
welshed	14	27	720	2	w_elshed
whooshed	18	3	345	2	whooshed
woodsheds	17	4	294	2	woodsheds
wooled	10	37	1550	2	wool__ed
woolled	11	3	664	2	wool_led
woopsed	13	4	474	2	woops_ed
wooshes	13	16	988	2	woo_shes
abolished	15	4	427	3	abolished
bloodshed	16	4	323	3	bloodshed
boosted	10	41	1198	3	boo_sted
coalsheds	15	4	286	3	coalsheds
cooled	9	52	2459	3	cool__ed
coshed	12	42	1755	3	_co_shed
cowshed	16	3	778	3	_cowshed
fooled	10	43	1782	3	fool__ed
foolisher	15	4	422	3	foolisher
galoshed	13	3	449	3	galoshed
goloshe	11	3	473	3	goloshe_
goloshes	12	3	626	3	goloshes
goosed	8	68	1703	3	goo_s_ed
hoorahed	15	4	509	3	hoorahed
joshed	17	46	1090	3	_jo_shed
loosed	7	55	2089	3	loo_s_ed
monished	14	3	813	3	monished
mooched	15	39	1053	3	moo_ched
moonseed	11	5	467	3	moonseed
moshed	12	45	1749	3	_mo_shed
noosed	7	50	1802	3	noo_s_ed
noshed	10	44	1351	3	_no_shed
oilseed	8	3	578	3	_oilseed
oohed	9	42	1421	3	_oo__hed
polished	14	6	843	3	polished
pooched	15	28	1008	3	poo_ched
poohed	12	39	1252	3	poo__hed
pooled	9	46	1981	3	pool__ed
poolside	11	4	504	3	poolside
roosed	7	56	2160	3	roo_s_ed
roosted	8	32	1189	3	roo_sted
sloshed	11	32	982	3	slo_shed
smooshed	14	18	599	3	smooshed
snowshed	15	3	442	3	snowshed
soothed	11	37	1274	3	soo_thed
sploshed	14	3	432	3	sploshed
swooshes	14	18	512	3	swoo_shes
tooled	7	49	1890	3	tool__ed
toolhead	12	4	435	3	tool_head
toothed	11	33	1024	3	too_thed
washed	13	55	2150	3	w__ashed
welched	16	29	883	3	w_elched
welsher	13	37	744	3	w_elsher
welshes	13	37	909	3	w_elshes
whished	17	42	802	3	w_hished
whooshes	17	3	442	3	whooshes
wished	13	44	1751	3	w__ished
wolfed	13	42	801	3	w_ol_fed
wooded	11	42	1368	3	woo__ded
woodhen	14	5	472	3	woo_dhen
woodsier	12	4	547	3	woodsier
woodsmen	14	4	463	3	woodsmen
wooed	9	44	1987	3	woo___ed
woofed	13	45	1120	3	woo__fed
woolen	9	31	1137	3	wool__en
wooler	9	36	1587	3	wool__er
woolhat	13	4	604	3	wool_hat
woolie	9	35	1448	3	wool_ie_
woolier	10	36	1235	3	wool_ier
woolies	10	41	1736	3	wool_ies
woollen	10	3	472	3	wool_len
woollier	11	5	543	3	woollier
woollies	11	4	741	3	woollies
woolmen	12	3	497	3	wool_men
wools	8	44	2146	3	wools___
woolsack	17	4	297	3	woolsack
woolskin	15	4	301	3	woolskin
woopses	12	3	788	3	woops_es
woosh	11	37	1073	3	woo_sh__
wormseed	14	4	296	3	wormseed
worsted	11	3	801	3	w_orsted
worthed	14	3	787	3	w_orthed

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	146162	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	87	6.906	21164.5
3	Display Results	87	87	0.033	2636.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	87	7.359	24282.0