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

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

16 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
ethical	12	3	844	(None)
ethicals	13	4	553	1	ethicals
ethnical	13	4	636	1	ethnical
epical	10	4	1339	2	e_pical
ethic	10	15	1122	2	ethic__
ethically	17	4	871	2	ethically
ethician	13	4	660	2	ethician
ethics	11	16	928	2	ethic_s
ethinyl	13	4	343	2	ethinyl
metical	11	3	1536	2	met_ical
metrical	12	3	1159	2	metrical
mythical	18	4	503	2	mythical
stoical	9	3	1028	2	stoical
thecal	11	33	1031	2	_thecal
tical	7	60	2149	2	_t_ical
unethical	14	4	452	2	unethical

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	3.360	32044.9
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.733	47867.9