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

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

24 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
thieves	13	4	690	(None)
thieve	12	3	596	1	thieve_
thieved	14	3	497	1	thieved
achieves	16	4	552	2	achieves
chives	14	43	1759	2	chi_ves
grieves	11	3	732	2	grieves
hives	11	69	2551	2	_hi_ves
nieves	9	43	1129	2	_nieves
sheeves	13	39	1195	2	sheeves
shives	12	49	2141	2	shi_ves
shrieves	14	29	709	2	shrieves
sieves	9	32	1600	2	_sieves
slieves	10	37	896	2	slieves
thebes	11	59	1449	2	th_ebes
theines	10	40	1323	2	theines
themes	11	53	1925	2	th_emes
theres	9	65	2547	2	th_eres
theses	9	65	1797	2	th_eses
thievery	17	4	256	2	thievery
thievish	17	4	326	2	thievish
thraves	13	46	971	2	thraves
threes	9	71	1732	2	thre_es
thrives	13	46	1171	2	thrives
trienes	7	41	1841	2	trienes

Search took 6 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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	5.250	20508.8
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	5.672	31504.1