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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thermites” 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.

12 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
thermites	14	3	804	(None)
termites	10	3	1369	1	t_ermites
thermite	13	3	903	1	thermite_
thermits	13	3	849	1	thermit_s
hermits	12	3	1213	2	_hermit_s
tergites	9	3	1054	2	t_ergites
termite	9	3	1389	2	t_ermite_
thermes	12	62	1461	2	therm__es
thermions	14	4	533	2	thermions
thermit	12	3	1200	2	thermit__
thermoses	14	4	797	2	thermoses
thorites	11	3	1239	2	thor_ites

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	121436	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	12	6.203	19577.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.013	923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	6.389	27968.5