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

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

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
mesmerising	16	4	393	(None)
mesmerizing	25	4	487	1	mesmerizing
memorising	15	4	673	2	me_morising
mercerising	16	5	383	2	mercerising
demeriting	14	4	868	3	de_meriting
geometrising	16	5	255	3	geometrising
memorizing	24	4	811	3	me_morizing
mercerizing	25	4	524	3	mercerizing
mesmerise	13	4	584	3	mesmeris__e
mesmerised	15	4	387	3	mesmeris_ed
mesmerises	14	4	582	3	mesmeris_es
mesmerism	12	4	480	3	mesmeris__m
mesmerisms	13	4	414	3	mesmeris_ms
mesmerist	13	4	659	3	mesmeris__t
mesmerists	14	4	406	3	mesmeris_ts
westernising	16	5	306	3	westernising

Search took 6 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	16	5.170	23526.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.592	31954.8