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

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

13 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
shepherded	20	5	226	(None)
sheepherder	20	6	187	2	sheepherder
shepherd	17	4	437	2	shepher__d
shepherdess	20	5	141	2	shepherdess
shepherds	18	4	322	2	shepherd_s
sapheaded	16	4	418	3	s_apheaded
sceptered	14	4	472	3	scepter_ed
sheepherders	21	8	163	3	sheepherders
sheered	11	35	1545	3	she__er_ed
sheltered	13	3	557	3	shelter_ed
shepherding	21	5	227	3	shepherding
sphered	13	35	1231	3	s__pher_ed
syphered	17	5	501	3	s_ypher_ed

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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	13	6.046	23255.5
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.482	27567.3