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

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

16 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
gunmetals	12	4	290	(None)
gunmetal	11	4	321	1	gunmetal_
nonmetals	11	4	732	2	nonmetals
bimetals	12	4	694	3	_bimetals
funerals	11	4	645	3	fun_erals
gametal	10	3	760	3	g_ametal_
generals	9	10	933	3	gen_erals
genitals	9	3	724	3	gen_itals
gomerals	11	4	744	3	g_omerals
gunnels	8	35	856	3	gunne__ls
gunsels	8	33	813	3	gunse__ls
humerals	13	4	717	3	hu_merals
metals	8	45	2088	3	___metals
nonmetal	10	4	964	3	nonmetal_
numerals	10	4	733	3	nu_merals
unseals	7	32	1257	3	_unse_als

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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	16	6.080	24447.5
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	6.516	27423.4