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

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

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
mislain	9	3	1124	(None)
mislaid	10	3	930	1	mislaid
disdain	9	3	851	2	disdain
distain	8	3	1378	2	distain
misaim	10	3	1185	2	mis_aim
misalign	11	4	643	2	misalign
misclaim	14	4	506	2	misclaim
miscoin	11	3	1143	2	miscoin
misjoin	16	3	769	2	misjoin
mislay	11	35	1068	2	misla_y
mislaying	15	5	791	2	mislaying
mislays	12	34	924	2	mislays
mislearn	10	4	534	2	mislearn
mislie	8	32	1915	2	misl_ie
mislit	8	30	1969	2	misl_it
mislying	14	3	784	2	mislying
mispaint	12	11	1189	2	mispaint
misplan	11	4	777	2	mispla_n
missaid	10	3	1030	2	missaid
mistrain	10	3	1194	2	mistrain
muslin	8	3	1221	2	musl_in
slain	5	49	2357	2	__slain
villain	10	3	847	2	villain

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.250	33129.5
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.623	49321.3