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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “mezuzah” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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23 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
mezuzah	20	4	197	(None)
mezuza	16	4	353	1	mezuza_
mezuzahs	21	4	135	1	mezuzahs
mezuzas	17	4	323	1	mezuzas
mezuzot	17	7	283	2	mezuzot
mezuzoth	21	6	123	2	mezuzoth
huzzah	20	4	442	3	huz_zah
matzah	20	3	596	3	m_atzah
mazuma	19	3	560	3	mazuma_
mazumas	20	3	462	3	mazumas
medusa	9	3	629	3	medusa_
medusae	10	4	476	3	medusae
medusal	10	3	518	3	medusal
medusan	10	4	471	3	medusan
medusas	10	3	621	3	medusas
menorah	12	4	793	3	menorah
meshugah	17	5	167	3	meshugah
messiah	12	4	679	3	messiah
mezcal	19	36	785	3	mez_cal
mezzo	15	3	743	3	mez_z_o
mezzos	16	3	504	3	mez_zos
mizuna	17	3	430	3	mizuna_
mizunas	18	4	369	3	mizunas

Search took 8 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	134027	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	134027	23	7.033	19056.9
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	7.189	24856.2