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

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

23 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
shares	9	52	3641	(None)
chares	11	56	3180	1	chares
hares	8	62	5554	1	_hares
scares	8	50	3300	1	scares
shades	10	59	2453	1	shades
shakes	13	50	2459	1	shakes
shales	9	47	3125	1	shales
shames	11	47	2622	1	shames
shapes	11	51	2494	1	shapes
shards	10	43	1917	1	shards
share	8	64	3708	1	share_
shared	10	58	2906	1	shared
sharer	9	50	2548	1	sharer
sharers	10	47	2062	1	sharers
sharks	13	50	1972	1	sharks
sharns	9	55	1698	1	sharns
sharps	11	55	1608	1	sharps
shaves	12	52	2493	1	shaves
shires	9	52	2557	1	shires
shores	9	48	3040	1	shores
snares	6	53	2903	1	snares
spares	8	48	3455	1	spares
stares	6	60	3875	1	stares

Search took 2 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	48755	0.093	1921408.6
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	23	0.893	54596.9
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	0.999	178869.9