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

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

15 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
methicillin	18	6	222	(None)
methicillins	19	6	212	1	methicillins
penicillin	14	5	350	3	pe_nicillin
amoxicillin	22	6	145	4	amoxicillin
ampicillin	16	5	233	4	_ampicillin
ethically	17	4	871	4	_ethicall_y
ethician	13	4	660	4	_ethici__an
ethicizing	25	4	504	4	_ethici_zing
metheglin	15	5	325	4	meth__eglin
metrically	17	4	1108	4	metricall_y
metricizing	25	4	517	4	metrici_zing
mythically	23	4	584	4	mythicall_y
mythicizing	31	6	315	4	mythici_zing
penicillia	14	5	283	4	pe_nicillia
penicillins	15	5	334	4	pe_nicillins

Search took 10 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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	15	9.470	15714.8
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	9.906	18038.7