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

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

25 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
medlars	10	25	944	(None)
medlar	9	30	1046	1	medlar_
pedlars	10	32	1021	1	pedlars
bedlams	12	3	705	2	bedlams
cedars	9	33	1283	2	ced_ars
cellars	9	37	1369	2	cellars
malars	8	50	2068	2	m_alars
medals	9	42	1806	2	med_als
meddlers	12	31	820	2	meddlers
medials	10	39	1474	2	medials
medians	10	32	1421	2	medians
medias	9	36	2078	2	media_s
medleys	13	11	533	2	medleys
melders	10	32	1391	2	melders
mewlers	12	28	898	2	mewlers
modulars	11	6	583	2	modulars
molars	8	55	1732	2	m_olars
mudlark	14	6	391	2	mudlark
mudlarks	15	4	288	2	mudlarks
mylars	11	43	1044	2	m_ylars
pedlar	9	33	1127	2	pedlar_
pedlary	13	27	754	2	pedlary
pedlers	10	30	1327	2	pedlers
redears	8	28	1445	2	redears
velars	9	39	1372	2	ve_lars

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.170	33965.6
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.562	50165.9