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

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

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.

12 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
melodramas	15	5	310	(None)
melodrama	14	5	366	1	melodrama_
monodramas	15	5	370	2	monodramas
melodias	11	4	870	3	melod__ias
melodicas	14	4	485	3	melod_icas
melodramatic	19	6	268	3	melodramatic
melodramatics	20	6	206	3	melodrama~~tic~~s
melodramatise	18	26	313	3	melodramatise
melodramatist	18	24	284	3	melodramatist
monodrama	14	4	428	3	monodrama_
myelograms	18	4	370	3	myelogram_s
velodromes	16	5	234	3	velodromes

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	140603	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	12	5.936	23686.5
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.342	28175.8