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

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

20 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
mainlining	13	4	387	(None)
maintaining	14	5	359	2	maintaining
alining	8	19	1704	3	_a__lining
datelining	12	4	436	3	datelining
gaingiving	16	11	179	3	gaingiving
inclining	12	4	840	3	__inclining
javelining	21	4	251	3	javelining
machining	17	4	693	3	ma_chining
mailing	10	29	2334	3	mai_l__ing
mainline	10	3	986	3	mainl__ine
mainlined	12	5	435	3	mainlin_ed
mainliner	11	4	467	3	mainlin_er
mainliners	12	4	400	3	mainliners
mainlines	11	3	851	3	mainlin_es
mainspring	15	5	379	3	mainspring
maligning	13	14	558	3	ma__ligning
manning	10	36	1638	3	ma_n__ning
margining	13	3	760	3	ma_rgining
misliking	16	3	711	3	m_isliking
misliving	15	4	698	3	m_isliving

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	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	20	5.923	23738.5
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	6.359	28100.5