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

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

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
shake	12	47	2640	(None)
hake	11	56	3784	1	_hake
sake	8	52	4496	1	s_ake
shade	9	51	2558	1	shade
shaken	13	41	1361	1	shaken
shaker	13	43	1946	1	shaker
shakes	13	50	2459	1	shakes
shako	12	55	1608	1	shako
shaky	15	46	1684	1	shaky
shale	8	53	3283	1	shale
shame	10	57	2670	1	shame
shape	10	51	2511	1	shape
share	8	64	3708	1	share
shave	11	44	2589	1	shave
slake	9	37	2405	1	slake
snake	9	48	2111	1	snake
spake	11	43	2274	1	spake
stake	9	59	2753	1	stake

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	18	0.530	54256.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	0.606	294869.6