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

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

14 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
methodic	16	5	692	(None)
cathodic	16	12	675	2	cathodic
kathodic	18	11	457	2	kathodic
melodic	12	3	854	2	me_lodic
meteoric	12	4	730	2	meteoric
method	12	3	903	2	method__
methodical	18	4	514	2	methodical
methodise	15	4	552	2	methodise
methodism	17	4	524	2	methodism
methodist	15	4	702	2	methodist
methodize	24	4	572	2	methodize
methods	13	3	889	2	method_s
methylic	18	4	601	2	methylic
metopic	13	3	976	2	met_opic

Search took 4 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	3.216	37642.7
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.592	49746.9