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

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

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.

27 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
shots	8	47	3083	(None)
hots	7	83	4932	1	_hots
phots	10	54	1849	1	phots
scots	7	40	2590	1	scots
shits	8	47	3116	1	shits
shoats	9	41	1707	1	shoats
shoes	8	54	2965	1	shoes
shogs	9	53	1970	1	shogs
shoos	8	42	2635	1	shoos
shoots	9	46	1934	1	shoots
shops	10	42	2289	1	shops
shorts	9	53	2173	1	shorts
shot	7	61	5024	1	shot_
shote	8	55	2608	1	shote
shotes	9	53	2189	1	shotes
shott	8	53	3217	1	shott
shotts	9	36	1468	1	shotts
shouts	9	40	1771	1	shouts
shows	11	53	2457	1	shows
shuts	8	56	2247	1	shuts
slots	5	48	3052	1	slots
snots	5	52	2510	1	snots
soots	5	55	3620	1	soots
sots	4	55	5244	1	s_ots
spots	7	44	2410	1	spots
stots	5	48	2854	1	stots
swots	8	55	1842	1	swots

Search took 1 second 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	28756	0.076	2351197.4
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	27	0.563	51076.4
3	Display Results	27	27	0.016	1687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	0.655	272810.7