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

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

20 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
shay	10	71	3334	(None)
chay	12	49	2487	1	chay
hay	9	73	5877	1	_hay
say	6	72	6476	1	s_ay
sha	6	98	3778	1	sha_
shad	8	62	3091	1	shad
shady	12	54	1651	1	shady
shag	8	64	3056	1	shag
shah	10	56	2778	1	shah
shaky	15	46	1684	1	shaky
shaly	11	43	2286	1	shaly
sham	9	64	3635	1	sham
shat	7	64	5659	1	shat
shaw	10	81	3255	1	shaw
shays	11	60	2143	1	shays
shy	9	67	2819	1	sh_y
slay	7	64	3638	1	slay
spay	9	66	3166	1	spay
stay	7	83	3372	1	stay
sway	10	71	2823	1	sway

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	13983	0.046	3884587.0
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	20	0.250	55932.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	0.312	572727.6