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

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

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
mechanistic	20	5	437	(None)
mechanist	16	4	874	2	mechanist__
mechanists	17	4	589	2	mechanist_s
melanistic	14	4	587	2	me_lanistic
archaistic	17	4	507	3	archa_istic
eucharistic	18	6	338	3	eucharistic
mechanic	17	4	761	3	mechan___ic
mechanism	18	4	656	3	mechanis__m
mechanisms	19	4	572	3	mechanis_ms
melanitic	13	4	671	3	me_lani_tic
mentalistic	15	5	598	3	mentalistic
methodistic	19	5	423	3	methodistic
nonmechanistic	23	7	180	3	~~non~~mechanistic

Search took 6 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	121633	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121633	13	5.453	22305.7
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	5.859	30498.5