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

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

13 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
sharpened	15	4	448	(None)
sharpener	14	4	458	1	sharpener
happened	16	3	565	2	_happened
hardened	13	3	861	2	_hardened
harkened	16	3	748	2	_harkened
resharpened	17	5	201	2	resharpened
scarpered	14	3	511	2	scarpered
sharped	13	41	1205	2	sharp__ed
sharpen	12	38	972	2	sharpen__
sharpeners	15	4	389	2	sharpeners
sharpens	13	37	781	2	sharpen_s
shortened	13	4	566	2	shortened
smartened	12	4	426	2	smartened

Search took 4 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	121436	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	13	3.216	37760.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.609	49512.6