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

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

22 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
sharpie	12	3	840	(None)
sharpies	13	4	1123	1	sharpies
chappie	16	29	866	2	chappie
charlie	12	30	1192	2	charlie
harpies	12	38	1832	2	_harpies
harpin	11	36	1438	2	_harpin
scrapie	11	50	1095	2	scrapie
shape	10	51	2511	2	sha_p_e
share	8	64	3708	2	shar__e
sharia	9	31	1673	2	shar_ia
sharif	12	29	1712	2	shar_if
sharp	10	49	2253	2	sharp__
sharped	13	41	1205	2	sharped
sharpen	12	38	972	2	sharpen
sharper	12	43	1270	2	sharper
sharping	14	30	1137	2	sharping
sharply	15	40	683	2	sharply
sharps	11	55	1608	2	sharp_s
sharpy	14	52	1103	2	sharp_y
shavie	12	43	1242	2	sha_vie
shortie	10	4	1134	2	shortie
smartie	9	3	1017	2	smartie

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	3.486	30886.7
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.889	45947.8