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

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

16 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
sheepdogs	16	4	222	(None)
sheepdog	15	4	236	1	sheepdog_
sheepcots	16	8	268	2	sheepcots
seadogs	9	5	864	3	s__eadogs
seedpods	12	4	384	3	s_eedpods
sheepcot	15	11	425	3	sheepco_t
sheepcote	16	11	278	3	sheepcote
sheepcotes	17	11	249	3	sheepcotes
sheepfold	18	5	199	3	sheepfold
sheepfolds	19	5	153	3	sheepfolds
sheerlegs	13	4	329	3	sheerlegs
sheetings	13	25	671	3	sheetings
sheikdoms	19	4	190	3	sheikdoms
sleepings	12	33	588	3	sleepings
speedos	10	29	826	3	spee_do_s
sweepings	15	34	563	3	sweepings

Search took 8 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	148641	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	16	7.076	21006.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.562	23630.1