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

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

19 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
grummets	13	27	503	(None)
grommets	13	23	466	1	grommets
grummest	13	28	636	1	grummest
grummet	12	29	887	1	grummet_
crumpets	14	33	594	2	crumpets
drummers	13	31	616	2	drummers
glummest	13	23	556	2	glummest
gourmets	11	4	415	2	gourmets
grammes	12	36	1132	2	gramme_s
grimmest	13	28	629	2	grimmest
grommet	12	26	845	2	grommet_
grumes	9	44	1555	2	gru_me_s
grummer	12	33	878	2	grumme_r
grummeted	15	5	215	2	grummeted
gummers	12	37	1220	2	g_ummers
plummets	14	30	477	2	plummets
rummers	11	35	1365	2	_rummers
rummest	11	27	983	2	_rummest
trumpets	12	31	557	2	trumpets

Search took 5 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.640	33258.0
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	4.030	44340.2