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

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

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
mergansers	13	4	224	(None)
merganser	12	4	285	1	merganser_
degassers	11	35	483	3	de_gassers
derangers	11	3	670	3	der_angers
erasers	7	44	1394	3	_er_a_sers
germanders	14	4	460	3	germanders
meanders	11	6	883	3	me__anders
meaners	9	44	1524	3	me__an_ers
megasses	11	30	774	3	me_gasse_s
mergences	14	13	755	3	mergence_s
mergers	10	38	1342	3	merg___ers
organisers	11	4	362	3	_organisers

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	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	12	6.173	22777.1
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.626	26968.2