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

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

21 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
measure	9	3	903	(None)
measured	11	3	646	1	measured
measurer	10	3	595	1	measurer
measures	10	3	891	1	measures
admeasure	12	5	218	2	admeasure
censure	9	23	1060	2	censure
ensure	6	34	1600	2	_ensure
erasure	7	3	694	2	erasure
feature	10	3	985	2	feature
leisure	7	3	669	2	leisure
manure	8	3	1365	2	m_anure
mature	8	3	1346	2	m_ature
meagre	9	34	932	2	mea_gre
measle	8	35	1322	2	meas_le
measurers	11	4	488	2	measurers
pleasure	10	4	554	2	pleasure
rasure	6	3	1142	2	_rasure
reassure	8	4	734	2	reassure
remeasure	11	4	394	2	remeasure
seisure	7	3	819	2	seisure
treasure	8	4	675	2	treasure

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	21	3.093	34811.2
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.219	55511.3