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

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

14 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
bethorn	12	3	864	(None)
bethorns	13	3	732	1	bethorns
althorn	10	4	776	2	althorn
benthon	12	3	769	2	bentho_n
bethorned	15	4	444	2	bethorned
beton	7	60	2206	2	bet_o_n
bettor	8	36	1222	2	bettor_
bettors	9	33	1247	2	bettors
bighorn	13	4	606	2	bighorn
boxthorn	20	4	369	2	boxthorn
dehorn	10	43	965	2	de_horn
leghorn	11	4	622	2	leghorn
retorn	6	109	2342	2	ret_orn
thorn	8	53	1870	2	__thorn

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	4.080	26390.0
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	4.233	42213.8