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

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

20 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
melanin	9	3	1089	(None)
melanian	10	4	848	1	melanian
melanic	11	3	1040	1	melanic
melanins	10	3	1037	1	melanins
alanin	6	3	1727	2	_alanin
elain	5	53	2470	2	_ela_in
gelatin	8	35	1473	2	gelatin
meanie	8	37	1839	2	me_anie
meaning	10	39	1869	2	me_aning
melamine	12	3	1029	2	melamine
melange	10	3	836	2	melange
melanics	12	3	773	2	melanics
melanism	12	3	936	2	melanism
melanist	10	3	1305	2	melanist
melanite	10	5	1202	2	melanite
melanize	19	4	1030	2	melanize
melanoid	11	4	711	2	melanoid
melatonin	11	4	634	2	melatonin
relaxin	14	23	918	2	relaxin
solanin	7	3	1194	2	solanin

Search took 7 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	6.110	17622.1
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	6.266	28517.6