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

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

13 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
vermian	12	32	971	(None)
permian	11	26	1228	1	permian
vermin	11	34	1452	1	vermi_n
fermion	12	3	676	2	fermion
german	9	6	1198	2	germ_an
germina	10	3	850	2	germina
merman	10	5	1386	2	merm_an
overman	12	3	1146	2	overm_an
tertian	7	5	1119	2	tertian
verdin	10	31	1302	2	verdi_n
vermis	11	42	1496	2	vermi_s
version	10	3	1092	2	version
vervain	13	3	556	2	vervain

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	13	3.093	34811.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.483	51303.8