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

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

12 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
shtetls	10	3	458	(None)
shtetels	11	4	323	1	shtetels
shtetl	9	3	644	1	shtetl_
sheals	9	44	2064	2	sh_eals
sheets	9	39	1850	2	sheet_s
shells	9	43	1952	2	sh_ells
sheols	9	46	1416	2	sh_eols
shiels	9	54	1892	2	shie_ls
shtetel	10	3	394	2	shtetel
steals	6	40	2006	2	s_teals
steels	6	41	1798	2	s_teels
stets	5	54	2391	2	s_tet_s

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	12	3.263	32997.5
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.639	49104.4