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

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

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.

13 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
shadowlike	21	5	163	(None)
halolike	15	3	740	3	_halo_like
sawlike	14	13	844	3	s_a__wlike
shadowier	16	4	289	3	shadow_ier
shadowily	19	8	202	3	shadow_ily
shadowing	17	4	426	3	shadow_ing
shadowless	17	4	209	3	shadowless
shalelike	16	4	588	3	sha_lelike
sharklike	15	4	393	3	sha_rklike
shedlike	16	3	583	3	shed__like
shrewlike	19	4	338	3	sh_rewlike
snowlike	15	3	497	3	s__nowlike
sparrowlike	20	5	91	3	sparrowlike

Search took 7 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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	13	6.330	22212.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.766	26410.1