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

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

20 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
shortia	10	4	819	(None)
shortias	11	4	809	1	shortias
shortie	10	4	1134	1	shortie
scoria	8	5	1350	2	scor_ia
scotia	8	3	1080	2	sco_tia
sharia	9	31	1673	2	shar_ia
short	8	50	4053	2	short__
shorted	11	36	1440	2	shorted
shorten	10	35	1141	2	shorten
shorter	10	35	1550	2	shorter
shorties	11	4	1458	2	shorties
shorting	12	25	1480	2	shorting
shortish	14	3	742	2	shortish
shortly	13	38	757	2	shortly
shorts	9	53	2174	2	short_s
shorty	12	43	1320	2	short_y
sorta	5	71	2541	2	s_ort_a
sortie	6	36	2199	2	s_ortie
sportif	12	3	880	2	sportif
thoria	9	30	1289	2	thor_ia

Search took 4 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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	3.123	34476.8
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.499	51069.2