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

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

11 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
messuage	11	4	452	(None)
message	10	3	783	1	mess_age
messuages	12	4	439	1	messuages
assuage	8	3	568	2	_assuage
escuage	10	3	511	2	_escuage
massage	10	3	989	2	mass_age
meshugge	15	4	192	2	meshugge
messaged	12	3	554	2	mess_aged
messages	11	3	823	2	mess_ages
messmate	12	4	639	2	messmate
misusage	11	4	517	2	misusage

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	11	3.936	30756.9
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	4.326	41306.3