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

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

16 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
degermed	13	3	545	(None)
depermed	14	3	645	1	depermed
decerned	12	3	726	2	decerned
deemed	10	47	1306	2	de_e_med
deferred	13	10	636	2	deferred
deformed	15	24	826	2	deformed
degerm	10	3	789	2	degerm__
degerms	11	3	562	2	degerm_s
degreed	10	25	888	2	deg_reed
degummed	15	4	260	2	degummed
demerged	13	15	760	2	demerged
deserted	10	10	1220	2	deserted
deserved	13	10	813	2	deserved
deterged	11	12	792	2	deterged
deterred	10	13	780	2	deterred
dewormed	15	23	622	2	dewormed

Search took 4 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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.233	37444.8
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	3.642	49064.0