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

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

14 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
menshen	12	3	681	(None)
menschen	15	4	371	1	menschen
menshes	12	3	1045	1	menshes
lensmen	9	3	788	2	lensmen
mensae	8	41	1405	2	mensae_
mensches	15	3	630	2	mensches
mense	7	50	2563	2	mens_e_
mensed	9	39	1654	2	mens_ed
menses	8	42	2245	2	mens_es
mensh	10	54	1356	2	mensh__
menthene	13	4	703	2	menthene
meshed	12	44	1593	2	me_shed
meshes	11	50	1944	2	me_shes
messmen	11	3	739	2	messmen

Search took 4 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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	3.266	32967.2
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.655	48889.5