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

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

13 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
shadowed	16	4	447	(None)
shadower	15	4	486	1	shadower
beshadowed	20	5	167	2	beshadowed
shaded	11	45	1887	2	shad__ed
shadow	13	3	725	2	shadow__
shadowers	16	4	430	2	shadowers
shadowier	16	4	289	2	shadowier
shadows	14	3	719	2	shadow_s
shadowy	17	4	472	2	shadow_y
shallowed	16	5	508	2	shallowed
shamoyed	17	4	404	2	shamoyed
shawed	13	48	1723	2	sha__wed
showed	13	50	1697	2	sh__owed

Search took 6 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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	5.360	22585.6
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	5.750	31076.7