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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “method” 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
method	12	3	902	(None)
methods	13	3	888	1	methods
ephod	11	3	912	2	_ephod
ethos	8	55	1419	2	_ethos
menthol	12	3	672	2	menthol
meshed	12	44	1593	2	meshed
meted	8	54	2443	2	met_ed
meteor	8	49	1007	2	meteor
meth	9	58	2784	2	meth__
methodic	16	5	691	2	methodic
methoxy	22	4	394	2	methoxy
meths	10	53	2023	2	meth_s
methyl	14	3	640	2	methyl
metol	7	59	1781	2	met_ol
metred	9	53	1514	2	metred
metro	7	47	1880	2	metro_
metros	8	42	1780	2	metros
mythoi	14	41	713	2	mythoi
mythos	14	39	846	2	mythos
reshod	10	30	1223	2	reshod

Search took 3 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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	2.406	34310.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	2.765	64626.0