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

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

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.

16 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
thermophiles	22	5	426	(None)
thermophile	21	5	465	1	thermophile_
thermopiles	18	5	420	1	thermop_iles
hemophiles	20	4	727	2	_he_mophiles
spermophiles	21	5	307	2	spermophiles
thermophilic	24	6	397	2	thermophilic
thermophilous	23	6	215	2	thermophilous
thermopile	17	5	418	2	thermop_ile_
hemophile	19	4	727	3	_he_mophile_
homophiles	20	4	822	3	_h_omophiles
rheophiles	18	4	451	3	rhe__ophiles
spermophile	20	5	337	3	spermophile_
theosophies	19	8	444	3	theosophi_es
thermoclines	19	5	330	3	thermoclines
thermospheres	23	6	335	3	thermospheres
turophiles	15	6	598	3	t_ur_ophiles

Search took 5 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	95024	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	16	4.016	23661.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.016	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.388	40722.7