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

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

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.

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
thermistor	15	5	318	(None)
thermistors	16	5	309	1	thermistors
thermidor	15	4	269	2	thermi_dor
thyristor	15	4	236	2	thyr_istor
heritor	10	3	1056	3	_her_i_tor
terminator	12	4	663	3	t_erminator
thereinto	12	4	392	3	thereinto_
thermidors	16	5	247	3	thermi_dors
thermion	13	4	593	3	thermi__on
thermit	12	3	1201	3	thermi_t__
thermite	13	3	903	3	thermi_t_e
thermites	14	3	804	3	thermi_tes
thermits	13	3	851	3	thermi_t_s
thermostat	15	5	497	3	thermostat
thrustor	11	4	412	3	th_r_ustor
thyristors	16	5	251	3	thyr_istors

Search took 8 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	140603	0.720	248181.9
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	16	6.606	21284.1
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	7.342	24338.2