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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “meltage” 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
meltage	10	3	795	(None)
meltages	11	4	824	1	meltages
metage	9	31	1445	1	me_tage
helotage	12	4	571	2	helotage
maltase	9	3	890	2	maltase
melange	10	3	836	2	melange
meltable	12	3	1047	2	meltable
menage	9	32	1654	2	me_nage
message	10	3	783	2	message
metages	10	27	1497	2	me_tages
metate	8	27	2053	2	me_tate
milage	9	34	1412	2	mil_age
mileage	10	29	931	2	mileage
millage	10	31	1274	2	millage
mintage	10	11	1012	2	mintage
montage	10	12	1171	2	montage
multiage	11	4	798	2	multiage
pelage	9	5	1536	2	pel_age
peltate	9	20	1377	2	peltate
restage	8	33	1618	2	restage
selvage	11	3	655	2	selvage
septage	10	7	840	2	septage
tentage	8	10	1064	2	tentage
ventage	11	10	962	2	ventage
voltage	11	3	686	2	voltage

Search took 9 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	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	8.063	13353.7
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	8.392	21293.0