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

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

17 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
megillahs	15	4	223	(None)
megillah	14	4	323	1	megillah_
megillas	11	4	589	1	megilla_s
megilla	10	3	627	2	megilla__
megilphs	16	4	161	2	megi_lphs
cedillas	11	4	574	3	cedilla_s
fellahs	13	42	839	3	fe__llahs
manillas	10	26	1116	3	manilla_s
maxillas	17	22	770	3	maxilla_s
medullas	11	4	451	3	medulla_s
megaliths	15	4	474	3	megaliths
megilph	15	4	226	3	megi_lph_
megilps	12	3	356	3	megi_l_ps
mollahs	12	32	828	3	m__ollahs
mullahs	12	38	873	3	m__ullahs
perillas	10	3	1082	3	perilla_s
zillahs	19	3	538	3	__zillahs

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	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	7.093	20956.0
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.546	23680.2