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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “threadworm” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

11 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
threadworm	19	5	145	(None)
threadworms	20	5	138	1	threadworms
headword	16	4	552	3	_h_eadword
headwork	19	4	579	3	_h_eadwork
threadbare	16	5	136	3	threadbare
threader	12	5	673	3	thread_er_
threaders	13	6	574	3	thread_ers
threadier	13	5	447	3	threadier_
toreador	9	4	500	3	toread_or_
toreadors	10	4	515	3	toread_ors
wheatworm	20	4	219	3	wh_eatworm

Search took 7 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	140603	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	11	6.406	21948.6
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	6.842	26116.8