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

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

23 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
hermai	11	89	1286	(None)
herma	10	53	1888	1	herma_
hermae	11	53	1447	1	hermae
derma	8	49	1851	2	derma_
dermal	9	36	1434	2	dermal
dermas	9	41	1681	2	dermas
fermi	10	39	1416	2	ferm_i
german	9	6	1198	2	german
hemal	10	44	1980	2	he_mal
herbal	11	25	1349	2	herbal
herdman	13	23	842	2	herdman
hereat	9	35	2741	2	hereat
herm	9	56	3615	2	herm__
hermit	11	5	1944	2	hermit
herms	10	56	2643	2	herm_s
hernia	9	3	1229	2	hernia
hetman	11	25	1060	2	hetman
mermaid	12	9	785	2	mermaid
merman	10	5	1386	2	merman
serai	5	68	3016	2	ser_ai
terai	5	35	2548	2	ter_ai
thermae	12	53	1050	2	thermae
thermal	12	50	1097	2	thermal

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	23	2.580	31996.5
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	2.936	60862.1