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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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22 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
thermae	12	53	1050	(None)
hermae	11	53	1447	1	_hermae
thermal	12	50	1097	1	thermal
therme	11	58	1499	1	therm_e
herma	10	53	1888	2	_herma_
hermai	11	89	1286	2	_hermai
terrae	6	29	1521	2	t_errae
thecae	11	29	965	2	the_cae
theme	10	59	2173	2	the_m_e
there	8	75	2739	2	ther__e
thereat	10	43	1524	2	thereat
theriac	12	3	914	2	theriac
therian	10	3	1129	2	therian
therm	10	60	1802	2	therm__
thermals	13	51	853	2	thermals
thermel	12	56	989	2	thermel
thermes	12	62	1461	2	thermes
thermic	14	3	933	2	thermic
thermit	12	3	1201	2	thermit
thermite	13	3	903	2	thermite
thermos	12	46	1075	2	thermos
therms	11	59	1487	2	therm_s

Search took 4 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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	3.343	32207.9
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.716	48086.9