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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shirttailing” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
shirttailing	16	5	126	(None)
hightailing	19	5	198	3	_hightailing
shirttail	12	5	252	3	shirttail___
shirttailed	15	5	148	3	shirttail_ed
shirttails	13	6	265	3	shirttail__s
airmailing	13	4	363	4	_air_mailing
curtailing	13	4	460	4	_cur_tailing
fishtailing	18	5	199	4	_fishtailing
retailing	10	32	1473	4	___retailing
shirting	12	32	1361	4	shir_t___ing
shitting	12	32	1266	4	shi_tt___ing
shortwaving	21	5	150	4	shortwa_ving
shuttling	13	3	429	4	sh_utt__ling
spiraling	12	3	795	4	spir__a_ling
spiralling	13	4	396	4	spir__alling
whittling	16	3	438	4	whi_tt__ling

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	124790	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	16	7.250	17212.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.656	23340.0