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

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

15 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
liroth	9	3	838	(None)
lirot	5	4	3003	1	lirot_
airth	8	56	2102	2	air_th
birth	10	56	1987	2	bir_th
broth	10	65	2109	2	_broth
firth	11	58	1953	2	fir_th
froth	11	59	1928	2	_froth
girth	9	56	1884	2	gir_th
loth	7	61	3213	2	l__oth
mirth	10	64	1889	2	mir_th
toroth	9	55	1296	2	toroth
troth	8	56	2220	2	_troth
wroth	11	68	1588	2	_wroth
yirth	11	65	1375	2	yir_th
zeroth	18	3	796	2	zeroth

Search took 3 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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	15	2.593	31836.1
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	2.966	60246.5