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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “multicharacter” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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
multicharacter	23	10	100	(None)
multiparameter	20	7	129	4	multi_parameter
character	16	4	588	5	_____character
multicenter	15	5	422	5	multic___enter
multichambered	26	7	67	5	multichambered
multichannel	19	6	198	5	multich__annel
multicoated	16	5	458	5	multic__oa_ted
multiconductor	21	7	122	5	multiconductor
multifactor	18	5	323	5	multi___factor
multiparae	14	4	566	5	multi_para__e_
multipartite	16	5	337	5	multi_partite_
multivariate	17	5	312	5	multi_variate_
noncharacter	19	6	210	5	__noncharacter

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	95024	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	13	5.623	16899.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	6.015	29707.6