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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “overshadows” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
overshadows	21	5	159	(None)
overshadow	20	4	196	1	overshadow_
overshades	17	4	628	2	overshad_es
overshadowed	23	5	141	2	overshadowed
beshadows	18	4	251	3	_be_shadows
foreshadows	21	5	155	3	fore_shadows
overshade	16	3	699	3	overshad__e
overshaded	18	4	584	3	overshad_ed
overshading	19	4	664	3	overshading
overshadowing	24	5	168	3	overshadowing
overshoes	15	3	886	3	oversh__oes
overshoots	16	4	439	3	oversh_oots
overshots	15	4	662	3	oversh__ots
overthrows	19	4	341	3	overth_rows

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	121633	0.143	1249587.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	14	5.373	22637.8
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	5.516	32395.0