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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thermoforming” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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34 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
thermoforming	24	6	193	(None)
terraforming	18	5	166	3	t_erraforming
thermoform	20	5	310	3	thermoform___
thermoformed	23	6	223	3	thermoform_ed
thermoforms	21	5	276	3	thermoform__s
chemosorbing	22	6	212	4	che_mosorbing
chloroforming	24	8	165	4	chloroforming
overinforming	22	5	285	4	overinforming
performing	18	4	494	4	_per__forming
thermoformable	26	7	117	4	thermoformable
thermosetting	19	6	215	4	thermosetting
thermostating	19	7	256	4	thermostating
chemisorbing	22	6	133	5	che_misorbing
deforming	16	3	670	5	_de___forming
electroforming	22	7	266	5	electroforming
outperforming	21	6	127	5	outper__forming
overcoloring	18	4	469	5	overcolor_ing
overhonoring	19	5	382	5	overhonor_ing
preforming	18	4	623	5	__pr_eforming
preinforming	20	7	269	5	pre_informing
reforming	15	3	856	5	___r_eforming
reinforming	17	8	404	5	_re_informing
theobromine	18	5	216	5	the__obromine
thermalizing	27	5	493	5	therm_alizing
thermochemist	25	7	370	5	thermochemist
thermocline	18	5	374	5	therm__ocline
thermoduric	19	6	268	5	thermodur_i_c
thermoelement	20	6	254	5	thermoelement
thermohaline	20	6	323	5	thermo_haline
thermostatting	20	6	148	5	thermostatting
thermotropic	21	5	495	5	thermotropi_c
thermotropism	22	13	360	5	thermotropism
thrombosing	19	5	241	5	th_rombo_sing
transforming	18	5	464	5	t_ransforming

Search took 10 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	34	9.160	13623.4
3	Display Results	34	34	0.030	1133.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	34	9.580	18652.5