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

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

10 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
shortened	13	4	566	(None)
shortener	12	4	577	1	shortener
sharpened	15	4	448	2	sharpened
shorted	11	36	1440	2	short__ed
shorten	10	35	1141	2	shorten__
shorteners	13	4	508	2	shorteners
shortens	11	28	899	2	shorten_s
smartened	12	4	426	2	smartened
softened	12	3	566	2	s_oftened
stoutened	10	5	357	2	stoutened

Search took 5 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	121436	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	10	4.250	28573.2
3	Display Results	10	10	0.013	769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	4.653	38403.4