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

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

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.

18 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
mushes	11	41	2456	(None)
bushes	11	52	2611	1	bushes
gushes	10	47	1903	1	gushes
hushes	12	47	1859	1	hushes
lushes	9	40	2274	1	lushes
mashes	11	50	3000	1	mashes
meshes	11	50	1944	1	meshes
moshes	11	52	2287	1	moshes
muches	13	47	1899	1	muches
muses	7	51	3430	1	mus_es
mushed	12	44	2084	1	mushed
musher	11	38	2057	1	musher
mushers	12	40	1643	1	mushers
musses	8	46	2478	1	musses
pushes	11	46	2166	1	pushes
rushes	9	47	2436	1	rushes
smushes	12	37	1009	1	smushes
tushes	9	43	1947	1	tushes

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	48755	0.266	671770.7
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	18	2.860	17047.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.142	56871.7