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

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

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.

14 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
shard	9	61	2596	(None)
chard	11	61	2474	1	chard
hard	8	54	4350	1	_hard
sard	5	53	4424	1	s_ard
shad	8	62	3091	1	sha_d
shaird	10	28	870	1	shaird
shards	10	43	1917	1	shards
share	8	64	3708	1	share
shared	10	58	2906	1	shared
shark	12	62	2502	1	shark
sharn	8	48	2370	1	sharn
sharp	10	49	2253	1	sharp
sherd	9	63	2115	1	sherd
sward	9	42	2146	1	sward

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	28756	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	14	1.156	24875.4
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	1.309	136509.5