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

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

26 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
altho	8	63	1260	(None)
alto	4	78	3126	1	alt_o
abmho	12	3	679	2	abmho
alamo	7	4	1814	2	alamo
aloha	8	5	1361	2	aloha
alpha	10	4	965	2	alpha
also	4	64	2344	2	al_so
alt	3	64	6796	2	alt__
altar	5	55	2064	2	altar
alter	5	48	2850	2	alter
althea	9	3	819	2	althea
althorn	10	4	776	2	althorn
altos	5	58	2295	2	altos
alts	4	66	3990	2	alt_s
ancho	10	45	1530	2	ancho
author	9	3	976	2	author
auto	4	74	3208	2	aut_o
lath	7	66	4038	2	lath_
lathe	8	56	2671	2	lathe
lathi	8	54	1720	2	lathi
laths	8	60	2240	2	laths
lathy	11	52	1506	2	lathy
litho	8	65	1378	2	litho
maltha	11	3	750	2	maltha
ortho	8	3	1229	2	ortho
tho	6	74	3396	2	__tho

Search took 2 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	53800	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	26	1.813	29674.6
3	Display Results	26	26	0.016	1625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	1.952	91542.5