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

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

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
calthrops	16	5	405	(None)
calthrop	15	6	355	1	calthrop_
caltrops	12	30	786	1	calt_rops
caltraps	12	32	725	2	calt_raps
caltrop	11	26	764	2	calt_rop_
althorns	11	4	673	3	_althorns
calathos	13	4	753	3	calath_o_s
caldrons	11	3	806	3	cal_drons
caltrap	11	29	794	3	calt_rap_
calutrons	11	4	550	3	calutrons
cantraps	12	31	911	3	cant_raps
cantrips	12	31	893	3	cant_rips
carhops	14	32	970	3	ca_rh_ops
malaprops	15	4	325	3	malaprops

Search took 9 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	148641	0.450	397091.1
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	14	8.250	18017.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.016	875.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	8.716	20501.5