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

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

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.

8 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
shanty	12	47	1512	(None)
chanty	14	52	1582	1	chanty
scanty	11	40	1466	1	scanty
shandy	13	47	1003	1	shandy
shanny	12	41	1009	1	shanny
shantey	13	42	1004	1	shantey
shanti	9	40	1409	1	shanti
slanty	9	51	1484	1	slanty

Search took 2 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	48755	0.093	1921408.6
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	8	0.890	54780.9
3	Display Results	8	8	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	0.983	181781.3