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

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

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
shelliest	12	3	803	(None)
shelviest	15	3	501	1	shelviest
smelliest	11	3	660	1	smelliest
chilliest	14	35	891	2	chilliest
hilliest	11	39	1411	2	_hilliest
seemliest	11	4	562	2	seemliest
shaliest	11	14	1506	2	sh_aliest
sheeniest	12	15	836	2	sheeniest
shellier	11	3	839	2	shellie_r
shelties	11	11	1138	2	shelties_
shoaliest	12	3	851	2	shoaliest
silliest	8	40	1710	2	s_illiest
snellest	8	3	949	2	snell_est
steeliest	9	3	964	2	steeliest
stilliest	9	3	922	2	stilliest
swellest	11	3	766	2	swell_est
whelkiest	19	4	396	2	whelkiest

Search took 5 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	121436	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	17	3.856	31492.7
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.279	41760.0