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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sheepshearer” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

12 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
sheepshearer	20	6	114	(None)
sheepshearers	21	6	99	1	sheepshearers
sheepherder	20	6	187	3	sheep_herder
sheepshead	19	6	194	3	sheepshea__d
sheepsheads	20	6	183	3	sheepshea_ds
sheepshearing	22	6	133	3	sheepshearing
sheephead	18	6	389	4	sheep_hea__d
sheepheads	19	4	365	4	sheep_hea_ds
sheepherders	21	8	163	4	sheep_herders
sheepshank	22	5	185	4	sheepsh_a_nk
sheepshanks	23	5	163	4	sheepsh_anks
sheepshearings	23	9	99	4	sheepshearings

Search took 9 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	124790	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	12	7.656	16299.6
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	8.059	22172.9