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

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

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
maihems	14	4	430	(None)
maihem	13	6	621	1	maihem_
mayhems	17	6	341	1	mayhems
maches	13	48	2723	2	mache_s
maidens	10	34	966	2	maidens
mailers	9	44	2033	2	mailers
mailes	8	43	2911	2	maile_s
maimers	11	38	1304	2	maimers
maims	9	63	2178	2	mai__ms
maizes	17	51	1573	2	maize_s
mashers	12	46	2105	2	mashers
mashes	11	50	3000	2	mashe_s
mayhem	16	4	492	2	mayhem_
sachems	14	34	890	2	sachems

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	107671	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	3.406	31612.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.532	50592.0