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

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

59 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
shimmer	14	33	1087	(None)
shammer	14	46	1314	1	shammer
shimmed	15	33	858	1	shimmed
shimmers	15	26	941	1	shimmers
shimmery	18	26	525	1	shimmery
simmer	10	41	1535	1	s_immer
skimmer	15	32	753	1	skimmer
slimmer	11	42	1134	1	slimmer
swimmer	14	29	765	1	swimmer
brimmer	13	34	880	2	brimmer
chimer	13	55	1720	2	chi_mer
crimmer	13	33	1077	2	crimmer
dimmer	11	41	1261	2	_dimmer
glimmer	12	43	771	2	glimmer
grimmer	12	35	1009	2	grimmer
hammer	13	81	2003	2	_hammer
hemmer	13	41	1264	2	_hemmer
hummer	13	36	1527	2	_hummer
krimmer	15	37	687	2	krimmer
limmer	10	43	1479	2	_limmer
primmer	13	43	1016	2	primmer
rimmer	10	35	1603	2	_rimmer
scammer	13	36	1197	2	scammer
scummer	13	39	875	2	scummer
shammed	15	39	1142	2	shammed
shammers	15	37	1084	2	shammers
shammes	14	43	1283	2	shammes
shicker	16	39	1482	2	shicker
shier	8	54	2894	2	shi__er
shifter	13	29	1108	2	shifter
shikker	13	27	702	2	shikker
shimmered	17	4	478	2	shimmered
shimmied	16	29	498	2	shimmied
shimmies	15	28	780	2	shimmies
shimmy	16	30	641	2	shimm_y
shiner	9	38	2087	2	shi_ner
shinier	10	41	1314	2	shinier
shipmen	14	31	728	2	shipmen
shipper	14	35	1404	2	shipper
shirker	14	37	1134	2	shirker
shiver	12	45	1737	2	shi_ver
shrimper	15	4	441	2	shrimper
simmers	11	33	1461	2	s_immers
simper	10	36	1629	2	s_imper
skimmed	16	30	605	2	skimmed
skimmers	16	29	646	2	skimmers
slammer	11	39	1303	2	slammer
slimier	9	32	1201	2	slimier
slimmed	12	36	847	2	slimmed
slimmers	12	36	963	2	slimmers
slummer	11	37	1120	2	slummer
spammer	13	34	1043	2	spammer
stammer	11	60	1334	2	stammer
stemmer	11	32	1018	2	stemmer
summer	10	40	1771	2	s_ummer
swimmers	15	27	669	2	swimmers
swimmier	15	17	431	2	swimmier
trimmer	11	36	1083	2	trimmer
whimper	17	29	772	2	whimper

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	59	3.410	31575.1
3	Display Results	59	59	0.030	1966.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	3.813	46863.6