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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
thistle	10	10	780	(None)
thistles	11	9	823	1	thistles
thistly	13	9	596	1	thistly
whistle	13	10	753	1	whistle
bhistie	12	3	677	2	bhistie
bristle	9	19	1010	2	bristle
epistle	9	5	789	2	epistle
gristle	8	16	922	2	gristle
hustle	9	31	1399	2	_hustle
istle	5	22	1471	2	__istle
thimble	14	3	587	2	thimble
thistlier	12	4	365	2	thistlier
throstle	11	7	570	2	throstle
title	5	47	2107	2	t_i_tle
tittle	6	36	1332	2	t_ittle
trestle	7	26	1136	2	trestle
triste	6	38	1864	2	trist_e
whistled	15	9	578	2	whistled
whistler	14	9	631	2	whistler
whistles	14	10	821	2	whistles
whittle	13	10	610	2	whittle

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	107671	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.376	31893.1
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.499	51069.2