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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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14 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
shivahs	16	37	572	(None)
shibahs	15	27	564	1	shibahs
shivah	15	48	854	1	shivah_
shivas	12	45	1241	1	shiva_s
shahs	11	59	1951	2	sh__ahs
shibah	14	38	747	2	shibah_
shikars	14	3	618	2	shikars
shittahs	14	11	410	2	shittahs
shiva	11	59	1500	2	shiva__
shivers	13	37	1483	2	shivers
shives	12	49	2141	2	shiv_es
shivs	11	50	1880	2	shiv__s
whidahs	17	4	333	2	whidahs
yeshivahs	21	5	86	2	yeshivahs

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	3.186	33795.0
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.579	49927.6