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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sherif” 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
sherif	12	29	1524	(None)
serif	8	41	3213	1	s_erif
sharif	12	29	1712	1	sharif
sheriff	16	28	769	1	sheriff
sherifs	13	29	968	1	sherifs
seif	7	56	3873	2	s_e_if
serf	7	63	4011	2	s_er_f
serifs	9	40	1705	2	s_erifs
serin	5	54	3444	2	s_erin
sharia	9	31	1673	2	sharia
sharifs	13	27	990	2	sharifs
sheaf	11	54	2412	2	she_af
sheik	12	25	1466	2	she_ik
shelf	11	52	2111	2	she_lf
sherd	9	63	2115	2	sher_d
sherds	10	56	1472	2	sherds
shereef	13	3	774	2	shereef
sheriffs	17	25	392	2	sheriffs
sherpa	11	3	809	2	sherpa
sherris	10	16	880	2	sherris
sherry	12	45	1041	2	sherry
shri	7	60	2170	2	sh_ri_
shrift	12	4	1354	2	sh_rift
shris	8	42	2145	2	sh_ris
spheric	14	5	1007	2	spheric
steric	8	3	1706	2	steric

Search took 3 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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	2.343	35233.0
3	Display Results	26	26	0.016	1625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	2.702	66132.9