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

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

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
thousand	12	4	282	(None)
thousands	13	4	231	1	thousands
thousandth	17	6	74	2	thousandth
choused	13	50	1247	3	chous_ed
chousing	14	25	942	3	chousing
holland	11	34	947	3	_holland
hound	9	50	1648	3	_hou__nd
housed	10	56	2410	3	_hous_ed
housing	11	33	1652	3	_housing
husband	13	4	565	3	_h_usband
thoued	10	42	900	3	thou__ed
thouing	11	25	860	3	thou_ing
thous	8	60	1726	3	thous___
thousandths	18	6	55	3	thousand~~ths~~
thrusted	12	6	522	3	thrusted
toucan	8	3	819	3	t_oucan_
toucans	9	3	758	3	t_oucans
toused	7	41	2201	3	t_ous_ed
tousing	8	29	1699	3	t_ousing
tousled	8	47	1036	3	t_ousled
troland	8	3	754	3	tro_land

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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	21	7.123	20519.7
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	7.546	23680.2