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

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

17 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
shellbark	18	4	303	(None)
shellback	20	4	362	1	shellback
shellbarks	19	5	263	1	shellbarks
shellack	17	4	508	2	shell_ack
shellbacks	21	5	342	2	shellbacks
shellwork	19	4	325	2	shellwork
hallmark	17	4	421	3	_hallmark
shagbark	18	4	311	3	sh_agbark
shellac	12	3	669	3	shell_a_c
shellacks	18	4	455	3	shell_acks
shellacs	13	4	557	3	shell_acs
sheller	10	35	1589	3	shell_er_
shellers	11	28	1258	3	shell_ers
shellfire	15	4	252	3	shellfire
shellier	11	3	839	3	shellier_
shellworks	20	4	314	3	shellworks
stellar	7	26	1043	3	stell_ar_

Search took 7 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	6.250	23782.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.689	26714.2