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

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

20 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
shamefully	21	5	312	(None)
blamefully	20	5	297	2	blamefully
hatefully	18	4	477	2	_hatefully
shameful	16	4	428	2	shamefu_l_
balefully	17	4	450	3	_balefully
banefully	17	4	477	3	_banefully
carefully	17	4	508	3	_carefully
changefully	23	5	191	3	changefully
easefully	15	4	472	3	_easefully
fatefully	18	4	475	3	_fatefully
ghastfully	20	5	293	3	ghastfully
gracefully	19	5	414	3	gracefully
gratefully	17	4	445	3	gratefully
harmfully	20	4	333	3	_harmfully
hopefully	20	4	370	3	_hopefully
peacefully	20	5	372	3	peacefully
shameably	19	4	387	3	shame_ably
spitefully	18	5	357	3	spitefully
thankfully	23	5	228	3	thankfully
wakefully	22	4	348	3	_wakefully

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	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	20	5.986	23488.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	6.402	27911.7