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

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

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.

11 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
them	9	74	2704	(None)
ahem	9	72	2536	1	ahem
hem	8	61	4873	1	_hem
teem	6	61	3260	1	teem
the	6	74	3605	1	the_
thee	7	80	3906	1	thee
theme	10	59	2173	1	theme
then	7	84	2969	1	then
therm	10	60	1802	1	therm
thew	10	82	2623	1	thew
they	10	72	2375	1	they

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	13983	0.063	2836365.1
2	DLD Change Limit	13983	11	0.296	47239.9
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	0.359	497746.5