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

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

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46 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
shelty	12	40	1155	(None)
shelly	12	44	1447	1	shelly
shelta	9	31	1179	1	shelta
shelvy	15	37	786	1	shelvy
cherty	14	46	1247	2	cherty
chesty	14	46	1050	2	chesty
hefty	14	61	1213	2	_hefty
melty	10	49	1836	2	_melty
salty	8	55	2438	2	s_alty
seely	8	45	2263	2	seel_y
shaley	12	37	1499	2	shaley
shalt	8	55	3449	2	shalt_
shaly	11	43	2286	2	shal_y
shanty	12	47	1512	2	shanty
sheath	12	4	1289	2	sheath
sheeny	12	49	1219	2	sheeny
sheet	8	48	3696	2	sheet_
sheets	9	39	1850	2	sheets
shelf	11	52	2111	2	shel_f
shell	8	44	2412	2	shel_l
shells	9	43	1952	2	shells
sheltas	10	27	967	2	sheltas
shelter	10	32	1496	2	shelter
sheltie	10	10	991	2	sheltie
shelve	12	40	1276	2	shelve
shent	8	59	3350	2	shent_
sherry	12	45	1041	2	sherry
shifty	15	40	926	2	shifty
shily	11	52	2201	2	shil_y
shirty	12	43	1256	2	shirty
shitty	12	41	1006	2	shitty
shorty	12	43	1320	2	shorty
shyly	14	48	1157	2	shyl_y
silty	8	47	2163	2	s_ilty
sleety	9	41	1265	2	sleety
smelly	11	41	1036	2	smelly
smelt	7	47	2678	2	smelt_
smelts	8	54	1277	2	smelts
spelt	7	54	3019	2	spelt_
spelts	8	46	1464	2	spelts
speltz	17	40	1012	2	speltz
suety	8	53	1849	2	sue_ty
svelte	9	31	975	2	svelte
sweaty	12	37	1005	2	sweaty
sweltry	13	3	341	2	sweltry
whelky	19	31	497	2	whelky

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	82551	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	46	2.780	29694.6
3	Display Results	46	46	0.016	2875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	46	3.186	56086.3