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

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

14 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
shoalest	11	6	891	(None)
shoaliest	12	3	851	1	shoaliest
halest	9	48	2327	2	_h_alest
shales	9	47	3125	2	sh_ales_
shaliest	11	14	1506	2	sh_aliest
shoaled	11	38	1097	2	shoale_d
shoaler	10	26	1008	2	shoale_r
shoals	9	42	1579	2	shoal_s_
shoeless	11	3	780	2	shoeless
shortest	11	3	1078	2	shortest
shouldest	13	4	414	2	shouldest
shouldst	12	4	339	2	shouldst
showiest	14	3	879	2	showiest
stalest	7	37	2017	2	s_talest

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	4.623	26186.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.029	35532.1