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

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

13 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
maharajas	21	5	278	(None)
maharaja	20	5	279	1	maharaja_
maharajah	24	6	174	1	maharajah
maharajahs	25	6	134	1	maharajahs
maharanis	14	5	491	2	maharanis
madrasas	11	31	776	3	ma_drasas
maharanee	14	5	406	3	maharanee
maharanees	15	5	298	3	maharanees
maharani	13	4	462	3	mahara_ni
mahatmas	15	4	386	3	maha_tmas
malarias	10	3	1377	3	malar_ias
malaromas	13	4	525	3	malaromas
maracas	11	3	1377	3	m__aracas

Search took 9 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	148641	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	13	8.280	17951.8
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	8.720	20492.1