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

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

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
shearlings	14	4	353	(None)
shealings	13	31	756	1	shea_lings
shearings	13	33	756	1	shear_ings
shearling	13	3	692	1	shearling_
hearings	12	36	1185	2	_hear_ings
shealing	12	34	1546	2	shea_ling_
shearing	12	39	1590	2	shear_ing_
shearlegs	13	4	249	2	shearl_egs
sheathings	17	4	391	2	sheathings
sparlings	12	25	715	2	s_parlings
starlings	10	23	792	2	s_tarlings
stealings	10	31	885	2	stea_lings
sterlings	10	30	875	2	ste_rlings
yearlings	13	8	420	2	_yearlings

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	108824	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	14	2.923	37230.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.296	54214.5