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

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

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.

14 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
thermite	13	3	903	(None)
termite	9	3	1389	1	t_ermite
thermit	12	3	1201	1	thermit_
thermites	14	3	804	1	thermites
thermits	13	3	851	1	thermits
hermit	11	5	1944	2	_hermit_
hermits	12	3	1214	2	_hermits
tergite	8	3	1100	2	t_ergite
termites	10	3	1369	2	t_ermites
thermae	12	53	1050	2	therm_ae
therme	11	58	1499	2	therm__e
thermic	14	3	933	2	thermi_c
thermion	13	4	593	2	thermion
thorite	10	3	1344	2	thor_ite

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	14	3.313	36540.6
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.703	48255.7