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

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

21 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
metalwares	15	4	365	(None)
metalware	14	4	360	1	metalware_
metalmarks	18	5	240	2	metalmarks
metalworks	19	4	357	2	metalworks
mealworms	16	4	444	3	me_alworms
meatloaves	15	5	152	3	meatloaves
metalises	11	3	1507	3	metal_ises
metalizes	20	4	1424	3	metal_izes
metallizes	21	5	668	3	metallizes
metalmark	17	5	236	3	metalmar_k
metalwork	18	4	340	3	metalwor_k
metalworker	20	5	168	3	metalworker
metalworkers	21	6	156	3	metalworkers
metameres	13	4	745	3	meta_meres
metaphases	17	4	505	3	metaphases
metastases	12	4	454	3	metastases
retaliates	10	4	909	3	retaliates
seawares	11	3	933	3	se_a_wares
stalwarts	12	4	381	3	_stalwarts
teawares	11	4	808	3	te_a_wares
wetwares	14	4	595	3	wet__wares

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	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	21	6.733	20882.7
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	6.905	25878.5