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

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

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
shekels	14	3	604	(None)
shekel	13	3	838	1	shekel_
sheqels	19	3	475	1	sheqels
heels	8	56	2553	2	_he_els
seekers	11	37	1233	2	seekers
seels	5	56	3282	2	s_e_els
shakers	14	40	1556	2	shakers
shakes	13	50	2459	2	shake_s
sheals	9	44	2064	2	she_als
sheens	9	51	1699	2	she_ens
sheers	9	43	2240	2	she_ers
sheets	9	39	1850	2	she_ets
shekelim	17	4	223	2	shekelim
shells	9	43	1952	2	she_lls
sheols	9	46	1416	2	she_ols
sheqel	18	4	652	2	sheqel_
shewers	13	43	1205	2	shewers
shiels	9	54	1892	2	sh_iels
shovels	13	37	839	2	shovels
shtetels	11	4	323	2	shtetels
speels	8	51	1639	2	spe_els
steels	6	41	1798	2	ste_els
wheels	12	38	1171	2	whe_els

Search took 4 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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.080	34958.1
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.453	51749.5