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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ferromagnesian” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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.

15 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
ferromagnesian	20	8	163	(None)
ferromagnetic	21	7	301	3	ferromagneti_c
ferromagnetism	22	7	267	3	ferromagnetism
ferrimagnetic	21	8	236	4	ferrimagneti_c
ferrimagnetism	22	7	216	4	ferrimagnetism
ferromagnet	17	15	375	4	ferromagne___t
ferromagnetisms	23	10	225	4	ferromagnetisms
ferromagnets	18	15	303	4	ferromagne__ts
aeromagnetic	17	7	393	5	ae_romagneti_c
ferrimagnet	17	14	338	5	ferrimagne___t
ferrimagnetisms	23	7	187	5	ferrimagnetisms
ferrimagnets	18	16	271	5	ferrimagne__ts
ferromanganese	20	7	142	5	ferromanganes__e
ferromanganeses	21	7	129	5	ferromanganes_es
magnesian	12	4	471	5	_____magnesian

Search took 10 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	95024	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	15	9.296	10222.0
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	9.435	18939.2