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

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

18 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
shellfires	16	4	256	(None)
hellfires	15	6	447	1	_hellfires
shellfire	15	4	252	1	shellfire_
hellfire	14	6	427	2	_hellfire_
shellfishes	20	5	258	2	shellfishes
helleries	12	26	1169	3	_helleries
hellkites	16	4	463	3	_hellkites
shelflike	19	4	312	3	shelflike_
shellbarks	19	5	263	3	shellbarks
shellers	11	28	1258	3	shell_er_s
shellfish	18	4	322	3	shellfi_sh
shellier	11	3	839	3	shell_i_er
shelliest	12	3	803	3	shell_i_est
shellworks	20	4	314	3	shellworks
shelties	11	11	1138	3	she_lti_es
stellifies	13	4	431	3	stellifies
stellites	9	3	812	3	stell_ites
swellfishes	20	5	214	3	swellfishes

Search took 7 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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	18	6.233	22557.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	6.655	26850.6