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

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

16 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
anthesis	11	3	1250	(None)
antheses	11	3	1147	1	antheses
anthelia	11	4	911	2	anthelia
anthelix	18	4	592	2	anthelix
anthemia	13	4	919	2	anthemia
anthemic	15	4	1032	2	anthemic
anthems	12	30	942	2	anthe_ms
antherid	12	6	1109	2	antherid
antherids	13	6	872	2	antherids
anthers	10	37	1520	2	anthe_rs
antithesis	13	4	577	2	antithesis
anuresis	8	4	696	2	anuresis
aphesis	12	6	1051	2	a_phesis
esthesis	11	4	846	2	esthesis
synthesis	15	4	605	2	synthesis
thesis	9	49	1373	2	__thesis

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	0.453	394461.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	16	3.843	31501.2
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.296	41594.7