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

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

18 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
throated	12	4	792	(None)
threated	12	5	920	1	threated
thrawed	14	3	558	2	thr_awed
threaded	13	6	632	2	threaded
threaped	14	5	486	2	threaped
threaten	11	4	630	2	threaten
throat	9	48	1975	2	throat__
throatier	12	4	454	2	throatier
throats	10	46	1217	2	throat_s
throaty	13	42	848	2	throat_y
throbbed	16	4	316	2	throbbed
throned	11	54	1217	2	thro_ned
thronged	13	40	533	2	thronged
throttled	13	5	296	2	throttled
thrusted	12	6	522	2	thrusted
treated	8	36	1870	2	t_reated
troaked	12	43	825	2	t_roaked
trotted	8	37	1128	2	t_rotted

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	18	3.673	32959.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.826	46704.4