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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “merrythoughts” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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.

13 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
merrythoughts	25	7	65	(None)
merrythought	24	7	90	1	merrythought_
forethoughts	22	12	145	4	_forethoughts
methought	18	5	394	4	me___thought_
aforethought	22	11	129	5	aforethought_
afterthoughts	23	8	81	5	afterthoughts
bethought	18	5	344	5	be___thought_
earthlights	18	5	250	5	_ear_thlights
forethought	21	11	238	5	_forethought_
misthought	19	5	226	5	m__isthought_
overthought	21	5	257	5	over_thought_
rethought	16	5	381	5	___rethought_
thoughts	15	51	561	5	_____thoughts

Search took 10 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	124790	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	13	8.923	13985.2
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	9.342	19127.7