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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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23 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
shiftier	14	3	633	(None)
shifter	13	29	1107	1	shift_er
shirtier	11	3	793	1	shirtier
shittier	11	3	730	1	shittier
driftier	12	7	512	2	driftier
heftier	13	3	720	2	_heftier
niftier	10	32	871	2	_niftier
shifted	14	35	997	2	shift_ed
shifters	14	31	985	2	shift_ers
shiftiest	15	3	735	2	shiftiest
shiftily	17	4	454	2	shiftily
shifting	15	29	1037	2	shifting
shinier	10	41	1314	2	shi_nier
sifter	9	45	1623	2	s_ift_er
siltier	7	34	1386	2	s_iltier
slittier	8	3	700	2	slittier
sniffier	14	35	663	2	sniffier
snifter	10	34	962	2	snift_er
spiffier	16	25	588	2	spiffier
swifter	13	31	805	2	swift_er
thriftier	15	4	285	2	thriftier
whitier	13	33	1106	2	whi_tier
wiftier	13	29	773	2	_wiftier

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	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	5.313	22785.4
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	5.485	32578.1