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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thenars” 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
thenars	10	24	852	(None)
thenar	9	26	1000	1	thenar_
denars	7	46	2143	2	_denars
hears	8	67	3737	2	_he_ars
shears	9	38	2090	2	she_ars
tears	5	54	3646	2	t_e_ars
teeners	7	44	1545	2	teeners
tenors	6	32	1775	2	t_enors
theirs	9	46	1035	2	the_irs
thenage	11	10	784	2	thenage
thenages	12	10	748	2	thenages
thenal	9	27	1242	2	thena_l
thens	8	59	2183	2	then__s
thetas	9	30	1157	2	theta_s
whenas	12	46	1046	2	whena_s

Search took 4 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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	2.890	37256.4
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.296	54214.5