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

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

15 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
shortish	14	3	741	(None)
hottish	13	11	789	2	_hottish
shortest	11	3	1077	2	shortest
shortia	10	4	818	2	shorti_a
shortias	11	4	808	2	shortias
shortie	10	4	1133	2	shorti_e
shorties	11	4	1457	2	shorties
shorting	12	25	1479	2	shorting
shortlist	12	4	667	2	shortlist
shorts	9	53	2173	2	short_s_
snoutish	11	4	578	2	snoutish
softish	13	12	781	2	s_oftish
sottish	10	12	943	2	s_ottish
stoutish	11	4	590	2	stoutish
whorish	16	3	660	2	whor_ish

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	0.153	1167915.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	4.956	24426.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	5.109	34975.7