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

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

16 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
methods	13	3	888	(None)
method	12	3	902	1	method_
ephods	12	3	836	2	_ephods
ethos	8	55	1419	2	_etho_s
menthols	13	4	703	2	menthols
meteors	9	46	1001	2	meteors
methodic	16	5	691	2	methodic
methodise	15	4	551	2	methodise
methodism	17	4	523	2	methodism
methodist	15	4	701	2	methodist
methoxy	22	4	394	2	methoxy
meths	10	53	2023	2	meth__s
methyls	15	3	545	2	methyls
metols	8	41	1577	2	met_ols
metros	8	42	1780	2	metro_s
mythos	14	39	846	2	mytho_s

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	3.016	35699.9
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.156	56619.5