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

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

26 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
elemis	8	3	1238	(None)
elemi	7	3	1250	1	elemi_
blemish	14	3	660	2	blemish
clevis	11	5	896	2	clevis
ecesis	8	46	1120	2	ecesis
edemas	9	3	1050	2	edemas
elects	8	33	1500	2	elects
elegies	8	13	1290	2	elegies
elegise	8	13	939	2	elegise
elegist	8	13	1197	2	elegist
elegit	7	12	1289	2	elegit
elegits	8	14	934	2	elegits
elms	6	73	2270	2	el_m_s
emesis	8	47	1262	2	emesis
enemas	8	8	1200	2	enemas
enemies	9	3	1369	2	enemies
flemish	15	3	637	2	flemish
leis	4	57	3960	2	_le_is
lenis	5	63	2686	2	_lenis
levis	8	58	1855	2	_levis
lewis	8	53	1584	2	_lewis
lexis	12	59	1603	2	_lexis
semis	7	46	2353	2	_semis
telesis	7	3	1079	2	telesis
ulemas	8	8	896	2	ulemas
ylems	10	3	926	2	ylem_s

Search took 3 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	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	2.516	32810.4
3	Display Results	26	26	0.013	2000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	2.859	62501.2