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

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

17 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
kermess	13	39	622	(None)
kermes	12	46	1613	1	kerme_s
kermesse	14	30	348	1	kermesse
kirmess	13	23	431	1	kirmess
bermes	10	60	2300	2	berme_s
cermets	11	3	971	2	cermets
germens	10	7	863	2	germens
kermesses	15	28	496	2	kermesses
kermis	12	40	1239	2	kerm_is
kermises	14	24	831	2	kermises
kernels	11	41	795	2	kernels
kernes	10	47	1753	2	kerne_s
kerseys	14	3	399	2	kerseys
keyless	14	3	616	2	keyless
termers	9	54	1450	2	termers
termless	10	3	623	2	termless
vermes	11	50	1914	2	verme_s

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.356	32083.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.732	47880.8