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

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

16 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
shielder	12	3	518	(None)
shielded	13	3	439	1	shielded
shielders	13	3	476	1	shielders
fielder	11	21	741	2	_fielder
shedder	12	33	932	2	sh_edder
sheller	10	35	1589	2	sh_eller
shelter	10	32	1496	2	sh_elter
shelver	13	42	1106	2	sh_elver
shield	10	62	1297	2	shield__
shields	11	53	804	2	shield_s
shoulder	12	3	475	2	shoulder
shredder	13	3	440	2	shredder
shrewder	15	3	440	2	shrewder
spieler	9	31	1123	2	spiel_er
wielder	11	19	767	2	_wielder
yielder	11	17	511	2	_yielder

Search took 6 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	121059	0.516	346300.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	5.000	24211.8
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.532	32301.3