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

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

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
ferrum	11	4	745	(None)
ferrums	12	6	598	1	ferrums
cerium	10	3	1377	2	cerium
ferbam	13	3	900	2	ferbam
fermium	14	4	635	2	fermium
ferrel	9	28	1020	2	ferrel
ferret	9	30	2117	2	ferret
ferric	11	3	999	2	ferric
ferrous	10	4	980	2	ferrous
ferrule	10	3	586	2	ferrule
ferry	11	60	2080	2	ferr_y
forum	10	83	1876	2	f_orum
frenum	11	8	880	2	frenum
serum	7	52	2347	2	se_rum
tergum	9	3	793	2	tergum

Search took 7 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	0.733	243780.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	15	5.500	15009.3
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.249	28595.1