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

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

21 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
shellfire	15	4	251	(None)
hellfire	14	6	426	1	_hellfire
shellfires	16	4	255	1	shellfires
hellfires	15	6	446	2	_hellfires
shelflike	19	4	312	2	shelflike
shellfish	18	4	322	2	shellfish
shellier	11	3	839	2	shell_ier
hellkite	15	4	493	3	_hellkite
sheaflike	19	4	297	3	sheaflike
shedlike	16	3	583	3	shedl_ike
shellbark	18	4	302	3	shellbark
sheller	10	35	1588	3	shell_er_
shellers	11	28	1257	3	shell_ers
shellfishes	20	5	258	3	shellfishes
shelling	12	35	1521	3	shell_ing
shellwork	19	4	325	3	shellwork
sheltie	10	10	991	3	she_lti_e
shelvier	14	6	491	3	she_lvier
smellier	10	3	679	3	smell_ier
stellite	8	3	953	3	stell_ite
swellfish	18	4	270	3	swellfish

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	21	6.733	22076.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	7.172	24915.1