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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “megalomaniacs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
megalomaniacs	20	8	181	(None)
megalomaniac	19	7	241	1	megalomaniac_
megalomanias	17	7	250	1	megalomania_s
megalomania	16	9	272	2	megalomania__
megalomaniacal	21	7	111	2	megalomaniacal
megalomanic	18	9	240	2	megalomani_c_
egomaniacs	15	14	349	3	_eg__omaniacs
decalcomanias	20	6	122	4	decalcomania_s
egomaniac	14	15	453	4	_eg__omaniac_
egomanias	12	12	599	4	_eg__omania_s
monomaniacs	17	8	332	4	m__onomaniacs
mythomaniacs	24	8	221	4	m_ythomaniacs

Search took 6 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	95024	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	12	5.360	17728.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	5.733	31168.8