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

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

22 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
messages	11	3	823	(None)
massages	11	5	988	1	massages
message	10	3	783	1	message_
messaged	12	3	554	1	messaged
messuages	12	4	439	1	messuages
dressages	11	4	415	2	dressages
massage	10	3	989	2	massage_
massaged	12	3	675	2	massaged
massager	11	3	687	2	massager
massagers	12	4	551	2	massagers
meltages	11	4	824	2	meltages
menages	10	36	1539	2	me_nages
mesdames	13	4	604	2	mesdames
messans	9	27	1046	2	messa_ns
messes	8	49	2434	2	mess__es
messmates	13	4	623	2	messmates
messuage	11	4	452	2	messuage_
metages	10	27	1497	2	me_tages
mispages	13	3	1118	2	mispages
misusages	12	4	497	2	misusages
passages	11	3	951	2	passages
restages	9	28	1577	2	restages

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	121059	0.780	229091.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	22	6.283	19267.7
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.063	25299.6