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

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

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65 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
shapen	11	44	1465	(None)
shaken	13	41	1361	1	shaken
shape	10	51	2511	1	shape_
shaped	12	50	2010	1	shaped
shaper	11	41	1993	1	shaper
shapes	11	51	2494	1	shapes
sharpen	12	38	972	1	sharpen
shaven	12	42	1330	1	shaven
chape	12	52	2114	2	chape_
chapel	13	49	1137	2	chapel
chapes	13	54	2187	2	chapes
chapmen	16	3	728	2	chapmen
cheapen	14	40	762	2	cheapen
haen	7	62	2945	2	_ha_en
happen	13	48	1219	2	_happen
hapten	11	53	1298	2	_hapten
haven	11	47	1853	2	_haven
khazen	22	3	377	2	khazen
scape	9	69	2184	2	scape_
scaped	11	55	1955	2	scaped
scapes	10	51	2226	2	scapes
seamen	8	45	1856	2	seamen
shade	9	51	2558	2	shade_
shaded	11	45	1887	2	shaded
shader	10	42	1876	2	shader
shades	10	59	2453	2	shades
shairn	9	26	906	2	shairn
shake	12	47	2640	2	shake_
shaker	13	43	1946	2	shaker
shakes	13	50	2459	2	shakes
shale	8	53	3283	2	shale_
shaled	10	50	2395	2	shaled
shales	9	47	3125	2	shales
shaley	12	37	1499	2	shaley
shaman	11	33	1428	2	shaman
shame	10	57	2670	2	shame_
shamed	12	51	2021	2	shamed
shames	11	47	2622	2	shames
shapely	15	3	689	2	shapely
shapers	12	40	1689	2	shapers
shapeup	14	4	329	2	shapeup
shaping	13	31	1618	2	shaping
share	8	64	3708	2	share_
shared	10	58	2906	2	shared
sharer	9	50	2548	2	sharer
shares	9	52	3641	2	shares
sharn	8	48	2370	2	sha_rn
sharped	13	41	1205	2	sharped
sharpens	13	37	781	2	sharpens
sharper	12	43	1270	2	sharper
shave	11	44	2589	2	shave_
shaved	13	51	1838	2	shaved
shaver	12	37	1891	2	shaver
shaves	12	52	2493	2	shaves
shawed	13	48	1723	2	shawed
shawn	11	64	1761	2	sha_wn
sheen	8	50	2331	2	sh_een
shipmen	14	31	728	2	shipmen
shippen	14	29	886	2	shippen
shopmen	14	27	720	2	shopmen
soaped	9	58	1797	2	soaped
soaper	8	45	1787	2	soaper
stamen	8	41	1594	2	stamen
stapes	8	50	2873	2	stapes
unshapen	13	15	544	2	unshapen

Search took 3 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	65	2.453	33653.1
3	Display Results	65	65	0.016	4062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	65	2.812	63545.9