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

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

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
lunchmeat	16	4	277	(None)
lunchmeats	17	5	162	1	lunchmeats
bunchiest	16	3	566	3	bunchiest
inchmeal	15	4	366	3	_inchmeal
lunched	13	39	1182	3	lunch_e_d
luncheon	13	4	401	3	lunch_eon
luncher	12	31	1141	3	lunch_e_r
lunchers	13	34	956	3	lunch_ers
lunches	12	41	1544	3	lunch_e_s
lunkhead	16	4	296	3	lunkh_ead
mincemeat	15	5	445	3	mincemeat
outcheat	13	4	941	3	outch_eat
punchiest	16	3	645	3	punchiest

Search took 8 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	13	6.876	21617.4
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.309	24448.1