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

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

23 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
thistles	11	9	823	(None)
thistle	10	10	780	1	thistle_
whistles	14	10	821	1	whistles
bhisties	13	3	900	2	bhisties
bristles	10	15	1043	2	bristles
epistles	10	4	778	2	epistles
gristles	9	18	920	2	gristles
hustles	10	34	1417	2	_hustles
istles	6	28	1498	2	__istles
thimbles	15	3	601	2	thimbles
thirties	11	3	972	2	thirties
thistlier	12	4	365	2	thistlier
thistliest	13	4	438	2	thistliest
thistly	13	9	596	2	thistl_y
throstles	12	6	588	2	throstles
titles	6	37	1992	2	t_i_tles
tittles	7	34	1325	2	t_ittles
trestles	8	30	1255	2	trestles
whistle	13	10	753	2	whistle_
whistled	15	9	578	2	whistled
whistler	14	9	631	2	whistler
whistlers	15	9	516	2	whistlers
whittles	14	9	667	2	whittles

Search took 5 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	23	4.030	30039.5
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.170	42851.6