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

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

24 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
mercuric	14	4	440	(None)
mercurial	13	5	474	2	mercurial
mercuries	13	4	727	2	mercuries
mercury	14	36	489	2	mercur_y
cercaria	12	4	697	3	cercaria
cerebric	14	4	464	3	cerebric
ferric	11	3	999	3	fer__ric
margaric	13	4	607	3	margaric
mercer	10	52	1420	3	mercer__
merceries	13	4	1004	3	merceries
mercerise	13	5	641	3	mercerise
mercerize	22	4	617	3	mercerize
mercers	11	44	1277	3	mercer_s
mercery	14	39	762	3	mercer_y
mercurate	13	4	734	3	mercurate
mercurials	14	5	307	3	mercurials
mercurous	13	4	449	3	mercurous
meristic	12	3	1125	3	meristic
meropic	13	3	1027	3	mer_opic
mesmeric	14	4	581	3	mesmeric
meteoric	12	4	730	3	meteoric
metric	10	3	1468	3	me__tric
purpuric	14	6	376	3	purpuric
telluric	10	4	412	3	telluric

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	24	7.046	20744.0
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	7.466	23934.0