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

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

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.

15 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
sheikh	16	20	699	(None)
sheik	12	25	1465	1	sheik_
sheikhs	17	23	399	1	sheikhs
sheiks	13	25	1001	1	sheiks
heigh	12	48	1254	2	_heigh
sheath	12	4	1288	2	sheath
sheesh	12	3	781	2	sheesh
sheila	9	6	984	2	sheila
sheuch	14	26	704	2	sheuch
sheugh	13	29	588	2	sheugh
shrike	13	45	1324	2	shrike
shtik	12	32	1095	2	shtik_
shtiks	13	29	782	2	shtiks
skeigh	14	26	590	2	skeigh
sleigh	10	25	820	2	sleigh

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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	15	2.720	30349.6
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	2.843	62853.0