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

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

21 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
theroid	11	3	1339	(None)
thyroid	14	3	824	1	thyroid
aneroid	8	3	1398	2	aneroid
athetoid	12	4	673	2	athetoid
cheloid	13	3	1082	2	cheloid
choroid	13	3	1179	2	choroid
emeroid	10	15	1117	2	emeroid
hemoid	12	3	1351	2	_hemoid
heroic	11	35	1692	2	_heroic
heroin	9	44	2059	2	_heroin
spheroid	14	4	728	2	spheroid
steroid	8	13	1485	2	steroid
therein	10	23	1035	2	therein
thermic	14	3	932	2	thermic
thermit	12	3	1200	2	thermit
theropod	14	4	542	2	theropod
thyreoid	15	4	476	2	thyreoid
thyroids	15	4	600	2	thyroids
thyrsoid	15	4	418	2	thyrsoid
toroid	7	4	1601	2	t_oroid
tuberoid	11	4	601	2	tuberoid

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	5.686	18936.2
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	5.842	30587.3