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

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

17 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
melamine	12	3	1030	(None)
melamines	13	3	976	1	melamines
calamine	12	3	1403	2	calamine
delaine	8	3	1479	2	dela_ine
elapine	9	3	1067	2	_elapine
enamine	9	12	1431	2	_enamine
etamine	9	13	1307	2	_etamine
examine	16	15	1003	2	_examine
gelatine	9	32	1330	2	gelatine
hexamine	20	4	687	2	hexamine
ketamine	14	15	705	2	ketamine
melanin	9	3	1089	2	melanin_
melanins	10	3	1038	2	melanins
melanite	10	5	1202	2	melanite
melanize	19	4	1030	2	melanize
relumine	10	3	893	2	relumine
velamina	13	4	566	2	velamina

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.390	35710.6
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.780	47272.8