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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sterigmas” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
sterigmas	12	4	356	(None)
sterigma	11	4	411	1	sterigma_
seriemas	10	4	719	2	s_eriemas
sterigmata	13	5	208	2	sterigmata
stigmas	10	20	664	2	st__igmas
asterias	8	3	1700	3	asteri__as
asterisms	11	5	1106	3	asterism_s
enigmas	10	4	517	3	__enigmas
kerygmas	18	4	202	3	_kerygmas
seriema	9	3	840	3	s_eriema_
seringas	9	33	900	3	s_eringas
sigmas	9	41	1136	3	s___igmas
smegmas	12	3	350	3	sme__gmas
stemmas	11	25	697	3	ste__mmas
sterical	10	3	1124	3	steri_cal
sternums	10	4	578	3	sternum_s
stigma	9	22	676	3	st__igma_
stigmal	10	24	592	3	st__igmal
strigils	9	4	685	3	st_rigils
strumas	9	41	983	3	st_r_umas

Search took 9 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	148641	0.170	1051123.5
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	7.956	18682.9
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	8.139	21954.9