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

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

8 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
meddler	11	31	995	(None)
meddle	10	33	1276	1	meddle_
meddled	12	32	1003	1	meddled
meddlers	12	31	820	1	meddlers
meddles	11	32	1325	1	meddles
middler	11	27	1227	1	middler
muddler	11	34	1162	1	muddler
peddler	11	32	1049	1	peddler

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	69583	0.690	258972.5
2	DLD Change Limit	69583	8	1.763	39468.5
3	Display Results	8	8	0.016	500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	2.469	72373.8