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

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

15 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
melancholiacs	22	9	126	(None)
melancholiac	21	10	165	1	melancholiac_
melancholias	19	9	214	1	melancholia_s
melancholics	21	10	179	1	melancholi_cs
melancholia	18	8	242	2	melancholia__
melancholic	20	8	256	2	melancholi_c_
melancholies	19	8	212	2	melancholi_es
melancholy	20	5	210	4	melanchol___y
acholias	13	4	957	5	___a_cholia_s
melanics	12	3	773	5	melan____i_cs
melanoids	12	4	555	5	melan__o_i_ds
melanomas	13	4	513	5	melan__o_ma_s
melanosis	11	4	557	5	melan__osi__s
melanotic	13	4	539	5	melan__oti_c_
selachians	15	4	250	5	sela_ch__ians

Search took 10 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	124790	0.466	383457.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	15	9.156	13629.3
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	9.622	18571.1