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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “merchandize” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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
merchandize	28	5	268	(None)
merchandise	19	5	285	1	merchandise
merchandized	30	5	231	1	merchandized
merchandizes	29	5	266	1	merchandizes
mechanize	25	4	707	2	me_chan_ize
merchandised	21	5	214	2	merchandised
merchandiser	20	6	192	2	merchandiser
merchandises	20	7	289	2	merchandises
mechanized	27	4	588	3	me_chan_ized
mechanizer	26	4	504	3	me_chan_izer
mechanizes	26	4	677	3	me_chan_izes
mercantile	14	5	351	3	merc_antile
merchandisers	21	6	131	3	merchandisers
merchandizing	31	6	228	3	merchandizing
merchanting	19	4	431	3	merchanting
mirandize	21	4	435	3	mir__andize

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	121633	0.796	224486.2
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	16	7.173	16957.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.969	22423.3