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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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24 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
melodic	12	3	854	(None)
melodia	10	3	888	1	melodia
melodica	13	4	498	1	melodica
geodic	10	4	800	2	ge_odic
medic	10	46	1965	2	me__dic
meiotic	11	4	1093	2	meiotic
melanic	11	3	1040	2	melanic
melic	9	47	2233	2	mel__ic
melodias	11	4	870	2	melodias
melodicas	14	4	485	2	melodicas
melodies	11	3	1012	2	melodies
melodise	11	4	759	2	melodise
melodist	11	4	974	2	melodist
melodize	20	4	666	2	melodize
melody	12	3	720	2	melod_y
meloid	9	6	1600	2	melo_id
meloids	10	9	1145	2	meloids
meropic	13	3	1026	2	meropic
mesonic	11	3	1009	2	mesonic
methodic	16	5	691	2	methodic
metopic	13	3	976	2	metopic
monodic	12	6	978	2	monodic
peloric	11	3	1071	2	peloric
telomic	11	4	760	2	telomic

Search took 4 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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.000	35890.3
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.156	56619.5