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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “bandshell” 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
bandshell	15	6	304	(None)
bandshells	16	7	237	1	bandshells
bandsmen	13	5	645	3	bandsme_n
banished	14	18	906	3	banishe_d
banisher	13	16	918	3	banishe_r
banishers	14	25	805	3	banishers
banishes	13	18	1246	3	banishe_s
banshee	12	12	1245	3	ban_she_e
banshees	13	12	786	3	ban_shees
bombshell	18	8	166	3	bombshell
bonspell	12	4	316	3	bon_spell
handbell	14	11	452	3	hand_bell
handheld	16	4	446	3	hand_held
handsel	11	30	872	3	hands_e_l
handsels	12	31	724	3	hands_els
handwheel	19	11	263	3	handwheel
lampshell	16	5	173	3	lampshell
unshell	10	4	711	3	_un_shell

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	18	7.186	20684.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.609	23484.2