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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “germanium” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
germanium	14	4	502	(None)
geranium	11	4	705	1	ger_anium
germaniums	15	4	387	1	germaniums
geraniums	12	4	525	2	ger_aniums
germanic	13	6	750	2	germani_c
germanize	21	4	826	2	germanize
cranium	11	9	1110	3	_cr_anium
fermium	14	4	635	3	ferm__ium
geranial	9	4	928	3	ger_anial
geraniol	9	4	514	3	ger_aniol
german	9	6	1198	3	german___
germander	13	4	536	3	germander
germane	10	4	966	3	german__e
germanely	15	4	399	3	germanely
germanized	23	4	713	3	germanized
germanizes	22	4	815	3	germanizes
germans	10	7	947	3	german__s
granum	9	3	1091	3	g_r_an_um
harmonium	16	4	608	3	harmonium
herbarium	16	4	483	3	herbarium
spermatium	16	5	486	3	spermatium
terrarium	11	4	535	3	terrarium
uranium	9	6	1002	3	_ur_anium

Search took 9 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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	23	7.593	19576.1
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	8.045	22211.4