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

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

18 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
menhadens	15	4	300	(None)
menhaden	14	4	421	1	menhaden_
methadons	15	4	442	2	methadons
deadens	9	34	1069	3	de__adens
leadens	8	36	1098	3	le__adens
maenades	11	3	747	3	maen_ade_s
menacers	12	27	931	3	men_acers
menaces	11	27	1552	3	men_ace_s
menads	9	55	1438	3	men_ad__s
menages	10	36	1539	3	men_age_s
menazons	19	4	573	3	men_azons
menders	10	38	1880	3	men__ders
methadon	14	4	452	3	methadon_
methadone	15	4	443	3	methadone
methadones	16	4	416	3	methadones
methanes	13	38	1216	3	methane_s
monades	10	37	1382	3	mon_ade_s
rehardens	13	10	467	3	re_hardens

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	6.580	22589.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.016	25469.1