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

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

20 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
degerms	11	3	562	(None)
degerm	10	3	789	1	degerm_
deperms	12	3	660	1	deperms
decerns	10	11	905	2	decerns
deems	8	54	2177	2	de_e_ms
deers	6	49	3052	2	de_er_s
defers	10	51	1694	2	defer_s
deforms	13	3	780	2	deforms
degermed	13	3	545	2	degermed
degrees	9	28	1072	2	degrees
degums	10	43	862	2	deg_ums
deperm	11	3	936	2	deperm_
derms	8	50	2289	2	d__erms
deserts	8	25	1305	2	deserts
deters	7	47	2468	2	deter_s
deworms	13	3	803	2	deworms
edgers	8	44	1392	2	edger_s
egers	6	51	2037	2	_eger_s
germs	8	51	1887	2	__germs
legers	7	45	1831	2	leger_s

Search took 5 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	20	4.046	26611.7
3	Display Results	20	20	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.436	40282.0