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

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

15 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
thimbles	15	3	602	(None)
thimble	14	3	587	1	thimble_
chimbley	20	6	313	2	chimbley
chimbleys	21	6	223	2	chimbleys
chimblies	18	4	503	2	chimblies
fimbles	14	35	1066	2	_fimbles
humbles	14	32	1580	2	_humbles
shambles	15	15	904	2	shambles
thistles	11	9	823	2	thistles
thumbless	16	4	342	2	thumbless
timbales	12	22	784	2	t_imbales
timbres	11	24	935	2	t_imbres
trembles	12	3	735	2	trembles
tumbles	11	38	1602	2	t_umbles
wimbles	14	30	1085	2	_wimbles

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.376	35858.7
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.529	50635.0