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

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

15 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
shielded	13	3	439	(None)
shielder	12	3	518	1	shielder
bielded	11	22	671	2	_bielded
fielded	12	20	681	2	_fielded
shedded	13	41	906	2	sh_edded
shelled	11	38	1509	2	sh_elled
shelved	14	37	993	2	sh_elved
shield	10	62	1297	2	shiel__d
shielders	13	3	476	2	shielders
shields	11	53	804	2	shield_s
shilled	11	33	1362	2	shi_lled
shredded	14	4	406	2	shredded
spieled	10	48	1188	2	spiel_ed
wielded	12	21	668	2	_wielded
yielded	12	18	471	2	_yielded

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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.530	34294.3
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.939	45364.6