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

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

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.

17 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
parathyroids	21	6	159	(None)
parathyroid	20	6	225	1	parathyroid_
paratyphoids	23	6	134	3	paratyphoids
pyrethroids	20	5	254	3	pyreth_roids
arachnoids	16	6	337	4	_arach_noids
euthyroids	17	5	272	4	__euthyroids
paraboloids	16	5	304	4	para_boloids
paranoids	12	4	891	4	para___noids
paraphysis	20	6	453	4	paraphy_si_s
parasitoids	14	9	330	4	para_sitoids
parathions	15	4	532	4	parath_io_ns
parathormones	20	6	125	4	parathormones
paratroops	14	5	262	4	parat__roops
paratyphoid	22	6	194	4	paratyphoid_
parotoids	12	5	696	4	parot___oids
pyrethroid	19	6	342	4	pyreth_roid_
thyroids	15	4	600	4	____thyroids

Search took 8 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	17	7.190	17356.1
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.593	23533.6