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

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

27 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
scheme	13	7	963	(None)
schema	13	8	837	1	schema
schemed	15	7	775	1	schemed
schemer	14	7	796	1	schemer
schemes	14	8	966	1	schemes
achene	11	3	1381	2	achene
chemo	12	3	1363	2	_chemo
chime	12	53	2259	2	_chime
chyme	15	65	1250	2	_chyme
creme	9	43	1932	2	_creme
heme	9	50	3441	2	__heme
rheme	10	62	1405	2	_rheme
sachem	13	40	1222	2	sachem_
sachems	14	34	890	2	sachems
scene	7	72	2057	2	sc_ene
schemas	14	6	816	2	schemas
schemers	15	7	671	2	schemers
schmeer	14	7	536	2	schmeer
schmo	12	45	1020	2	sch_mo
schmoe	13	32	833	2	schmoe
scree	7	200	3171	2	scre_e
seme	6	58	3665	2	s__eme
sememe	10	12	998	2	sememe
shame	10	57	2670	2	s_hame
sphene	11	34	1240	2	sphene
sphere	11	33	1366	2	sphere
theme	10	59	2173	2	_theme

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	82551	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	27	2.170	38041.9
3	Display Results	27	27	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	27	2.500	71476.4