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

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

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.

11 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
metacarpals	17	5	175	(None)
metacarpal	16	5	207	1	metacarpal_
metacarpus	16	5	203	2	metacarp_us
metatarsals	13	5	170	2	metatarsals
metacarpi	15	5	249	3	metacarp__i
metatarsal	12	5	244	3	metatarsal_
carpals	11	34	1462	4	____carpals
mercurials	14	5	307	4	me_rcurials
mesocarps	15	4	310	4	mesocarp__s
metatarsus	12	5	232	4	metatar_sus
meticals	12	3	1076	4	metic___als

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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	11	8.750	17007.9
3	Display Results	11	11	0.016	687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	9.186	19452.5