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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “diphtheroid” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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18 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
diphtheroid	21	6	181	(None)
diphtheroids	22	6	144	1	diphtheroids
diphtheria	19	5	259	2	diphther_ia
diphtherial	20	5	212	3	diphtherial
diphtherias	20	5	235	3	diphtherias
diphtheritic	23	6	134	3	diphtheritic
diathermic	18	5	317	4	di_athermic
diphthong	19	5	234	4	diphth__ong
diphthonged	22	6	137	4	diphthonged
dipteron	11	4	559	4	dip_t_ero_n
dipterous	12	5	628	4	dip_t_erous
dithered	13	18	929	4	di__ther_ed
hypothyroid	26	6	354	4	hypothyroid
ichthyoid	21	5	231	4	_ichth_yoid
pithecoid	17	5	358	4	__pithecoid
spheroid	14	4	728	4	_sp__heroid
theroid	11	3	1340	4	____theroid
witherod	15	15	615	4	wi__thero_d

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	148819	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	18	8.283	17966.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	8.719	20494.4