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

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

17 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
sheikdoms	19	4	190	(None)
sheikdom	18	4	213	1	sheikdom_
sheikhdoms	23	5	102	1	sheikhdoms
heirdoms	14	4	435	2	_heirdoms
sheikhdom	22	5	107	2	sheikhdom_
chefdoms	19	12	349	3	che_fdoms
chiefdoms	20	5	249	3	chiefdoms
clerkdoms	18	5	210	3	clerkdoms
geekdoms	16	4	217	3	_geekdoms
heirdom	13	4	449	3	_heirdom_
selfdoms	14	4	368	3	s_elfdoms
serfdoms	14	4	376	3	s_erfdoms
shahdoms	17	4	377	3	sh_ahdoms
sheepdogs	16	4	222	3	sheepdogs
sheikhs	17	23	399	3	sheik__hs
sheiks	13	25	1001	3	sheik___s
sheriffdoms	23	6	65	3	sheriffdoms

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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	8.046	18473.9
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	8.482	21067.1