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

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

22 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
shipyards	18	4	298	(None)
shipyard	17	4	334	1	shipyard_
shipboards	18	9	410	2	shipboards
chipboards	20	9	378	3	chipboards
halyards	15	7	624	3	_halyards
kailyards	17	4	320	3	kailyards
shards	10	43	1917	3	sh___ards
shepherds	18	4	322	3	shepherds
shikaris	15	4	492	3	shi_karis
shikars	14	3	618	3	shi_kar_s
shinguards	15	5	246	3	shinguards
shipboard	17	5	434	3	shipboard_
shiplaps	15	4	436	3	shipla_ps
shiploads	15	4	381	3	shiploads
shipmates	16	4	595	3	shipmates
shippers	15	30	1231	3	shipper_s
shipways	19	4	407	3	shipwa_ys
shipworms	19	4	341	3	shipworms
shophars	16	4	635	3	shophar_s
slipwares	14	4	425	3	slipwares
stinkards	14	4	356	3	stinkards
whipcords	20	4	211	3	whipcords

Search took 8 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	7.016	21186.0
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.452	23978.9