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

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

21 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
lithia	9	3	933	(None)
lithias	10	3	882	1	lithias
lithic	11	3	949	1	lithic
lathi	8	54	1720	2	lathi_
lathis	9	55	1617	2	lathis
latria	6	23	1359	2	latria
lichi	10	44	1295	2	lichi_
lichis	11	52	1259	2	lichis
litai	5	52	1636	2	litai_
litchi	11	3	789	2	litchi_
litchis	12	3	837	2	litchis
lithe	8	49	2201	2	lith_e
lithemia	13	4	525	2	lithemia
lither	9	45	2095	2	lither
lithify	16	4	476	2	lithify
lithium	12	4	582	2	lithium
litho	8	65	1378	2	lith_o
lithoid	11	4	877	2	lithoid
lithos	9	42	1255	2	lithos
lochia	11	5	831	2	lochia
within	12	36	1138	2	within

Search took 6 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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	21	4.313	19140.0
3	Display Results	21	21	0.030	700.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.453	40128.2