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

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

10 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
shanghaier	17	12	225	(None)
shanghaied	18	14	199	1	shanghaied
shanghaiers	18	12	156	1	shanghaiers
shanghai	15	4	264	2	shanghai__
shanghais	16	4	288	2	shanghai_s
haughtier	16	4	274	3	_haughtier
shaggier	13	11	605	3	sha_g_gier
shanghaiing	19	6	186	3	shanghaiing
slangier	9	11	793	3	slang__ier
spanglier	12	4	419	3	spang_lier

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	140603	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	10	6.610	21271.3
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	7.050	25346.2