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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “megalopolitans” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

10 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
megalopolitans	19	7	105	(None)
megalopolitan	18	7	131	1	megalopolitan_
megalopolis	16	6	242	3	megalopoli___s
megalopolises	18	9	156	3	megalopoli_ses
metropolitans	17	9	213	3	me_tropolitans
metropolitan	16	9	248	4	me_tropolitan_
cosmopolitans	19	6	149	5	_cosmopolitans
megalomaniacs	20	8	181	5	megalomani_acs
megalomanias	17	7	250	5	megalomani_a_s
realpolitiks	18	6	101	5	re_al_politiks

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	95024	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	10	6.656	14276.4
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	7.012	25483.6