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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “stemma” 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
stemma	10	32	813	(None)
stemmas	11	25	697	1	stemmas
stemmy	13	41	703	1	stemmy
gemma	10	63	1177	2	_gemma
lemma	9	48	1103	2	_lemma
osteoma	9	4	543	2	osteoma
smegma	11	3	411	2	smegma
steam	7	63	2293	2	steam_
steams	8	49	1690	2	steams
steamy	11	51	1237	2	steamy
stela	5	40	1904	2	ste_la
stella	6	36	1297	2	stella
stem	6	106	2825	2	ste_m_
stemmata	12	4	421	2	stemmata
stemmed	12	27	815	2	stemmed
stemmer	11	32	1018	2	stemmer
stems	7	52	1995	2	ste_ms
sterna	6	37	1276	2	sterna
stigma	9	22	676	2	stigma
stoma	7	59	1827	2	st_oma
stroma	8	43	1307	2	stroma
struma	8	43	1327	2	struma
summa	9	47	1331	2	s_umma

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	23	2.233	36968.7
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	2.609	68490.2