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

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

26 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
shelvy	15	37	786	(None)
shelly	12	44	1446	1	shelly
shelty	12	40	1154	1	shelty
shelve	12	40	1276	1	shelve
chevy	16	47	999	2	che_vy
heavy	14	48	1418	2	_heavy
helve	11	50	1809	2	_helve
seely	8	45	2263	2	seel_y
selva	8	30	1427	2	s_elva
shaley	12	37	1499	2	shaley
shaly	11	43	2286	2	shal_y
sheave	12	45	1400	2	sheave
sheeny	12	49	1219	2	sheeny
sheeve	12	34	1284	2	sheeve
shelf	11	52	2111	2	shel_f
shell	8	44	2412	2	shel_l
shells	9	43	1952	2	shells
shelta	9	31	1178	2	shelta
shelved	14	37	993	2	shelved
shelver	13	42	1106	2	shelver
shelves	13	41	1209	2	shelves
sherry	12	45	1041	2	sherry
shily	11	52	2201	2	shil_y
shyly	14	48	1157	2	shyl_y
smelly	11	41	1035	2	smelly
whelky	19	31	497	2	whelky

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	82551	0.236	757165.3
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	4.233	19501.8
3	Display Results	26	26	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	4.469	39984.6