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

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

13 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
thronged	13	40	533	(None)
thonged	12	37	684	1	th_onged
throned	11	54	1217	1	thron_ed
pronged	11	39	1239	2	_pronged
thorned	11	47	940	2	thorn_ed
throated	12	4	792	2	throated
throbbed	16	4	316	2	throbbed
throne	9	85	1760	2	thron_e_
thrones	10	57	1584	2	thron_es
throng	10	53	997	2	throng__
throngs	11	50	816	2	throng_s
tonged	8	65	1891	2	t__onged
wronged	12	39	767	2	_wronged

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	0.606	294869.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	3.736	32403.4
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.355	41031.2