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

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

23 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
shortest	11	3	1078	(None)
hottest	10	4	1138	2	_hottest
sharpest	13	3	914	2	sharpest
shirtiest	12	3	932	2	shirtiest
shoalest	11	6	891	2	shoalest
shores	9	48	3041	2	shor_es_
shortcut	13	4	445	2	shortcut
shorted	11	36	1440	2	shorte_d
shorten	10	35	1141	2	shorte_n
shortens	11	28	899	2	shortens
shorter	10	35	1550	2	shorte_r
shorties	11	4	1458	2	shorties_
shortish	14	3	742	2	shortish
shortlist	12	4	668	2	shortlist
shortness	12	3	673	2	shortness
shorts	9	53	2174	2	short_s_
shotes	9	53	2191	2	sho_tes_
showiest	14	3	878	2	showiest
smartest	10	3	1018	2	smartest
softest	10	3	1060	2	s_oftest
sorest	6	50	2800	2	s_or_est
sportiest	11	17	1102	2	sportiest
stoutest	8	3	761	2	stoutest

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	3.393	35679.0
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.779	47285.3