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

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

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
shamefast	17	4	296	(None)
handfast	15	4	673	3	_handfast
makefast	17	4	329	3	_makefast
shamanist	14	4	709	3	shamanist
shamas	11	37	1794	3	sham__as_
shamefaced	21	5	150	3	shamefaced
shameful	16	4	428	3	shamef_ul
shameless	14	3	592	3	shameless
shames	11	47	2622	3	shame__s_
shammas	14	35	872	3	sham_mas_
shammash	18	29	375	3	sham_mash
standfast	13	4	391	3	standfast

Search took 8 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	148641	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	12	7.186	20684.8
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	7.655	23343.0