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

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

20 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
melody	12	3	720	(None)
belady	12	48	993	2	belady
embody	14	3	503	2	embody
felony	12	37	1032	2	felony
malady	12	3	786	2	malady
meld	7	58	3047	2	mel_d_
melds	8	48	2238	2	mel_ds
melodia	10	3	888	2	melodia
melodic	12	3	854	2	melodic
meloid	9	6	1600	2	meloid
meloids	10	9	1145	2	meloids
melon	7	39	2208	2	melo_n
melons	8	41	1771	2	melons
melty	10	49	1836	2	mel_ty
memory	13	3	880	2	memory
milady	12	3	661	2	milady
moldy	11	50	1465	2	mol_dy
monody	12	3	824	2	monody
moody	11	50	1749	2	m_oody
rebody	12	3	815	2	rebody

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	82551	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	2.830	29170.0
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.279	54495.6