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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “mimics” 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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27 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
mimics	12	8	936	(None)
mimic	11	14	1432	1	mimic_
cimices	13	27	980	2	cimices
civics	13	39	782	2	civics
comics	12	40	1556	2	comics
imids	8	60	1514	2	_imids
immies	10	24	1244	2	immies
limits	8	25	1414	2	limits
magics	11	53	1161	2	magics
mamies	10	46	2624	2	mamies
manics	10	39	1993	2	manics
medics	11	41	1535	2	medics
mics	8	74	3515	2	__mics
midis	8	59	2341	2	midi_s
mimeos	10	45	1154	2	mimeos
mimers	10	55	2018	2	mimers
mimes	9	57	3202	2	mim_es
mimical	13	3	923	2	mimical
mimicry	16	4	349	2	mimicry
miming	11	43	1726	2	miming
minims	10	45	1481	2	minims
minis	7	54	3299	2	mini_s
miotics	11	27	1065	2	miotics
mirins	8	39	1890	2	mirins
mitis	7	54	2599	2	miti_s
musics	10	39	1178	2	musics
osmics	10	3	646	2	osmics

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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	2.593	31836.1
3	Display Results	27	27	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	2.703	66108.4