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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “meshugah” 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
meshugah	17	5	167	(None)
meshuga	13	4	299	1	meshuga_
meshuggah	19	5	91	1	meshuggah
meshugaas	15	5	126	2	meshugaas
meshugga	15	5	132	2	meshugga
meshugge	15	4	191	2	meshugge
desugar	9	4	403	3	des_ugar
mashgiah	17	4	292	3	mashgiah
messiah	12	4	679	3	mes_siah
messuage	11	4	452	3	messuage
mezuzah	20	4	197	3	me_zuzah
yeshivah	20	5	123	3	yeshivah

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	146162	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	12	6.406	22816.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.826	26178.0