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

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

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.

19 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
groupthinks	21	5	68	(None)
groupthink	20	5	99	1	groupthink_
groupings	13	27	381	3	group__ings
outthinks	16	4	331	3	__outthinks
grouchiness	17	4	276	4	grou_chiness
grouching	16	4	494	4	grou_chin_g
groundings	13	4	374	4	grou_ndings
groundlings	14	4	207	4	groundlings
groupies	11	3	752	4	group__i_es
grouping	12	30	853	4	group__in_g
groupoids	13	4	246	4	group_oi_ds
grouting	10	34	1079	4	grou_t_in_g
growthiness	18	4	249	4	gro_wthiness
outthanks	16	5	315	4	__outthanks
outthink	15	4	558	4	__outthink_
rethinks	15	7	603	4	_r__ethinks
routines	8	22	1436	4	_rou_t_ines
southings	13	24	623	4	_sou_things
unthinks	15	7	450	4	___unthinks

Search took 10 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	19	8.953	16622.2
3	Display Results	19	19	0.016	1187.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	9.392	19025.9