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

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

23 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
theory	12	109	836	(None)
cheery	14	49	1315	2	cheery
cherry	14	48	1076	2	cherry
henry	11	40	1447	2	_henry
herry	11	49	2247	2	_herry
sherry	12	45	1041	2	sherry
teary	8	51	2405	2	t_eary
terry	8	47	2187	2	t_erry
their	8	55	1215	2	their_
theirs	9	46	1035	2	theirs
theorbo	12	4	374	2	theorbo
theorem	12	3	627	2	theorem
there	8	75	2739	2	the_re
therm	10	60	1802	2	the_rm
theurgy	14	4	273	2	theurgy
thewy	14	63	1185	2	the_wy
they	10	72	2375	2	the__y
thorn	8	53	1870	2	th_orn
thorny	12	50	984	2	th_orny
thoro	8	62	1787	2	th_oro
thorp	10	44	1426	2	th_orp
tory	7	58	4054	2	t__ory
wherry	15	47	733	2	wherry

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	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	23	2.656	31080.9
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	2.779	64300.5