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

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

12 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
shortbread	16	13	208	(None)
shortbreads	17	13	198	1	shortbreads
shorthead	16	4	447	2	short_head
showbread	18	4	230	2	sho_wbread
cornbread	14	4	306	3	_cornbread
shewbread	18	4	204	3	sh_ewbread
shorted	11	36	1440	3	short__e_d
shortened	13	4	566	3	shortene_d
shortheads	17	4	381	3	short_heads
showbreads	19	5	208	3	sho_wbreads
sowbread	14	4	319	3	s_o_wbread
sweetbread	16	11	185	3	sweetbread

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	12	6.376	22051.9
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.796	26293.6