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

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

11 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
methicillins	19	6	212	(None)
methicillin	18	6	222	1	methicillin_
penicillins	15	5	334	3	pe_nicillins
amoxicillins	23	6	147	4	amoxicillins
ampicillins	17	8	228	4	_ampicillins
ethicians	14	4	528	4	_ethici__ans
ethicizing	25	4	504	4	_ethici_zing
metheglins	16	5	310	4	meth__eglins
metricizing	25	4	517	4	metrici_zing
mythicizing	31	6	315	4	mythici_zing
penicillin	14	5	350	4	pe_nicillin_

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	124790	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	11	7.376	16918.4
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	7.516	23774.7