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

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

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.

23 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
nickelic	16	4	327	(None)
nickel	12	38	1134	2	nickel__
nickeled	15	11	551	2	nickeled
nickeling	16	4	539	2	nickeling
nickels	13	33	865	2	nickel_s
bicyclic	16	4	333	3	bicyclic
dicyclic	15	4	386	3	dicyclic
icteric	11	3	802	3	_icteric
nicely	11	3	949	3	nic_el_y
nicked	13	50	1968	3	nicke__d
nickelled	16	5	379	3	nickelled
nickelling	17	4	364	3	nickelling
nickelous	15	5	341	3	nickelous
nicker	12	38	1870	3	nicke__r
nickered	15	11	702	3	nickered
nickering	16	3	657	3	nickering
nickers	13	44	1509	3	nicke_rs
nickle	12	38	1448	3	nick_l_e
nickled	14	40	1044	3	nick_led
nickles	13	37	1382	3	nick_les
nickling	15	27	870	3	nick_ling
nitrolic	10	4	681	3	nitrolic
sicklemic	19	5	166	3	sicklemic

Search took 8 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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	23	6.903	21173.7
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	7.342	24338.2