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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “methodistic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

13 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
methodistic	19	5	423	(None)
methodist	15	4	702	2	methodist__
methodists	16	4	498	2	methodist_s
mechanistic	20	5	437	3	mechanistic
melioristic	15	5	450	3	melioristic
meteoritic	14	5	513	3	meteori_tic
methodic	16	5	692	3	method___ic
methodise	15	4	552	3	methodis__e
methodised	17	5	379	3	methodis_ed
methodises	16	4	546	3	methodis_es
methodising	18	5	380	3	methodising
methodism	17	4	524	3	methodis__m
methodisms	18	4	456	3	methodis_ms

Search took 7 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	13	5.766	21094.9
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.169	28966.0