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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “stammels” 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
stammels	12	49	556	(None)
stammel	11	60	753	1	stammel_
stammers	12	36	1152	1	stammers
samiels	9	3	976	2	s_amiels
scammers	14	33	977	2	scammers
shammers	15	37	1084	2	shammers
shammes	14	43	1283	2	shamme_s
slammers	12	35	1122	2	slammers
spammers	14	37	869	2	spammers
stamens	9	34	1148	2	sta_mens
stammer	11	60	1334	2	stamme_r
stampers	12	42	1160	2	stampers
staumrels	11	4	166	2	staumrels
stemmers	12	37	844	2	stemmers
trammels	12	29	541	2	trammels

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	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.876	31233.0
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	4.325	41315.8