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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “shtetl” 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
shtetl	9	3	644	(None)
shtetel	10	3	394	1	shtetel
shtetls	10	3	458	1	shtetls
sheal	8	49	2770	2	sh_eal
sheet	8	48	3696	2	sheet_
sheets	9	39	1850	2	sheets
shell	8	44	2412	2	sh_ell
sheol	8	43	1837	2	sh_eol
shiel	8	110	2377	2	shie_l
shtetels	11	4	323	2	shtetels
steal	5	61	2547	2	s_teal
steel	5	57	2199	2	s_teel
stet	4	59	4732	2	s_tet_
stets	5	54	2391	2	s_tets

Search took 3 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	82551	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	14	2.390	34540.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	2.749	65002.2