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

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

26 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
degerm	10	3	789	(None)
degerms	11	3	562	1	degerms
deperm	11	3	936	1	deperm
decern	9	13	1095	2	decern
deem	7	54	3289	2	de_e_m
deer	5	67	3902	2	de_er_
deers	6	49	3052	2	de_ers
defer	9	46	1975	2	defer_
defers	10	51	1694	2	defers
deform	12	5	962	2	deform
degermed	13	3	545	2	degermed
degree	8	28	1485	2	degree
degum	9	47	1190	2	deg_um
deperms	12	3	660	2	deperms
derm	7	60	3189	2	d__erm
desert	7	27	2549	2	desert
deter	6	50	2804	2	deter_
deters	7	47	2468	2	deters
deworm	12	4	953	2	deworm
edger	7	52	1595	2	edger_
edgers	8	44	1392	2	edgers
eger	5	59	2357	2	_eger_
egers	6	51	2037	2	_egers
germ	7	54	2896	2	__germ
leger	6	57	2151	2	leger_
legers	7	45	1831	2	legers

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	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	2.406	34310.5
3	Display Results	26	26	0.013	2000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	2.762	64696.2