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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “mensh” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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78 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
mensh	10	54	1356	(None)
mensa	7	53	1867	1	mensa
mensch	13	38	710	1	mensch
mense	7	50	2563	1	mense
mesh	9	68	2300	1	me_sh
amens	7	56	2484	2	amens_
bench	12	56	1950	2	bench
bens	6	59	4570	2	bens_
cense	7	51	2140	2	cense
deash	9	56	1724	2	deash
dens	5	59	4507	2	dens_
dense	6	59	2350	2	dense
ens	3	72	4592	2	_ens_
fens	7	61	3976	2	fens_
gens	5	57	4007	2	gens_
hens	7	56	4257	2	hens_
kench	14	55	1392	2	kench
kens	8	54	3523	2	kens_
leash	8	55	1921	2	leash
lens	4	61	4649	2	lens_
lense	5	45	2343	2	lense
mans	6	63	5455	2	mans_
manse	7	55	2823	2	manse
marsh	10	53	2085	2	marsh
mash	9	60	3940	2	m_ash
means	7	58	3123	2	means_
meds	7	57	3536	2	meds_
megs	7	55	3063	2	megs_
mels	6	59	4153	2	mels_
mems	8	59	3150	2	mems_
men	5	92	5285	2	men__
menad	8	59	1898	2	menad
mend	7	53	3403	2	men_d
mends	8	49	2769	2	mends
meno	6	60	3136	2	men_o
mensae	8	41	1405	2	mensae
mensal	8	46	1566	2	mensal
mensas	8	51	1586	2	mensas
menschy	17	35	401	2	menschy
mensed	9	39	1654	2	mensed
menses	8	42	2245	2	menses
menshen	12	3	681	2	menshen
menshes	12	3	1045	2	menshes
menta	7	44	2442	2	menta
menu	6	51	3023	2	men_u
menus	7	58	2284	2	menus
merch	12	54	1796	2	merch
mesa	6	70	2548	2	me_sa
meshy	13	56	1278	2	me_shy
mesne	7	51	1629	2	mesne
mess	6	59	3243	2	me_ss
messy	10	49	1383	2	messy
meth	9	58	2784	2	me_th
meths	10	53	2023	2	meths
mews	9	66	2933	2	mews_
miens	7	61	1830	2	miens_
minish	11	52	1630	2	minish
monish	11	42	1759	2	monish
mons	6	81	5226	2	mons_
month	10	48	1842	2	month
mosh	9	52	2760	2	m_osh
munch	12	49	1710	2	munch
muns	6	55	3592	2	muns_
mush	9	49	2912	2	m_ush
mynah	13	56	956	2	mynah
omens	7	56	1896	2	omens_
pens	6	56	4964	2	pens_
resh	7	65	2345	2	re_sh
sensa	5	41	1747	2	sensa
sense	5	55	2682	2	sense
tench	10	56	2000	2	tench
tens	4	56	4741	2	tens_
tense	5	52	2584	2	tense
tenth	8	54	2183	2	tenth
welsh	11	31	1036	2	welsh
wench	13	62	1478	2	wench
wens	7	63	3793	2	wens_
yens	7	58	3226	2	yens_

Search took 3 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	53800	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	78	1.656	32487.9
3	Display Results	78	78	0.016	4875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	78	1.998	89434.9