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

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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

16 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
the	6	74	3605	(None)
he	5	81	5195	1	_he
she	6	68	3769	1	she
tae	3	82	6705	1	tae
tee	3	83	6687	1	tee
thae	7	68	2556	1	thae
thee	7	80	3906	1	thee
them	9	74	2704	1	them
then	7	84	2969	1	then
thew	10	82	2623	1	thew
they	10	72	2375	1	they
tho	6	74	3396	1	tho
thy	9	70	2291	1	thy
tie	3	65	5753	1	tie
toe	3	101	6685	1	toe
tye	6	58	3744	1	tye

Search took 1 second 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	5146	0.093	1921408.6
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	16	0.186	27666.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	0.295	605732.2