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

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

14 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
thyroid	14	3	824	(None)
theroid	11	3	1339	1	theroid
thyreoid	15	4	476	1	thyreoid
thyroids	15	4	600	1	thyroids
thyrsoid	15	4	418	1	thyrsoid
choroid	13	3	1179	2	choroid
euthyroid	16	5	368	2	euthyroid
hydroid	15	3	970	2	_hydroid
hyoid	12	6	1242	2	_hy_oid
phytoid	16	7	873	2	phytoid
thyroidal	16	4	327	2	thyroidal
thyroxin	21	4	418	2	thyroxin
thyrsi	12	3	445	2	thyrsi_
toroid	7	4	1601	2	t_oroid

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	3.343	32207.9
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.483	51303.8