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

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

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87 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
shirrs	9	44	1317	(None)
chirrs	11	45	1498	1	chirrs
shiers	9	49	2175	1	shiers
shires	9	52	2557	1	shires
shirks	13	48	1412	1	shirks
shirr	8	47	1692	1	shirr_
shirts	9	49	1834	1	shirts
skirrs	10	44	819	1	skirrs
whirrs	12	40	859	1	whirrs
birrs	7	49	1710	2	_birrs
charrs	11	52	1919	2	charrs
chirks	15	54	1484	2	chirks
chirms	13	51	1398	2	chirms
chiros	11	46	1777	2	chiros
chirps	13	54	1400	2	chirps
chirr	10	50	1590	2	chirr_
chirre	11	41	1185	2	chirre
chirres	12	38	1225	2	chirres
chirus	11	46	1569	2	chirus
churrs	11	51	1151	2	churrs
hirers	9	45	1806	2	_hirers
hires	8	61	3434	2	_hires
shairds	11	21	626	2	shairds
shairns	10	27	678	2	shairns
shards	10	43	1917	2	shards
sharers	10	47	2062	2	sharers
shares	9	52	3641	2	shares
sharks	13	50	1972	2	sharks
sharns	9	55	1698	2	sharns
sharps	11	55	1608	2	sharps
shears	9	38	2090	2	shears
sheers	9	43	2240	2	sheers
sherds	10	56	1472	2	sherds
sherris	10	16	880	2	sherris
sherry	12	45	1041	2	sherry
shiels	9	54	1892	2	shiels
shier	8	54	2894	2	shier_
shies	8	61	3655	2	shi_es
shifts	12	44	1294	2	shifts
shikars	14	3	618	2	shikars
shills	9	45	1961	2	shills
shims	10	44	2255	2	shi_ms
shiners	10	40	1594	2	shiners
shines	9	50	2891	2	shines
shins	8	51	3104	2	shi_ns
ships	10	51	2377	2	shi_ps
shire	8	47	2713	2	shi_re
shirk	12	48	1784	2	shi_rk
shirkers	15	31	958	2	shirkers
shirred	11	37	1050	2	shirred
shirt	8	45	3390	2	shi_rt
shirty	12	43	1256	2	shirty
shists	9	65	1511	2	shists
shits	8	47	3117	2	shi_ts
shivas	12	45	1241	2	shivas
shivers	13	37	1483	2	shivers
shives	12	49	2141	2	shives
shivs	11	50	1880	2	shi_vs
shoers	9	45	1833	2	shoers
shores	9	48	3041	2	shores
shorls	9	45	1620	2	shorls
shorts	9	53	2174	2	shorts
shris	8	42	2145	2	sh_ris
shyers	12	47	1220	2	shyers
sires	5	59	4537	2	s_ires
sirra	5	44	1632	2	s_irra
sirras	6	38	1486	2	s_irras
sirs	4	43	3833	2	s_i_rs
skiers	10	47	1370	2	skiers
skirls	10	44	982	2	skirls
skirr	9	48	1054	2	skirr_
skirts	10	41	1150	2	skirts
smirks	12	49	1012	2	smirks
spiers	8	44	2174	2	spiers
spires	8	46	2811	2	spires
spirts	8	53	1713	2	spirts
stirks	10	49	1424	2	stirks
stirps	8	50	1182	2	stirps
stirs	5	59	2162	2	sti_rs
swirls	9	40	1013	2	swirls
thirds	10	43	860	2	thirds
thirls	9	50	1206	2	thirls
whirls	12	47	1053	2	whirls
whirr	11	46	1119	2	whirr_
whirry	15	47	706	2	whirry
whirs	11	52	1809	2	whi_rs
yirrs	8	46	919	2	_yirrs

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	82551	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	87	2.750	30018.5
3	Display Results	87	87	0.033	2636.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	87	3.139	56926.1