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

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

14 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
melodists	12	4	663	(None)
melodises	12	4	760	1	melodises
melodist	11	4	974	1	melodist_
melanists	11	4	862	2	melanists
meliorists	12	4	598	2	meliorists
melodias	11	4	870	2	melodi_as
melodicas	14	4	485	2	melodicas
melodies	11	3	1012	2	melodi_es
melodious	12	4	523	2	melodious
melodise	11	4	759	2	melodis_e
melodised	13	4	505	2	melodised
melodizes	21	4	675	2	melodizes
methodists	16	4	498	2	methodists
monodists	12	4	770	2	monodists

Search took 5 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	121436	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	14	3.876	31330.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.312	41440.4