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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thimbleweed” 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
thimbleweed	22	16	143	(None)
thimbleweeds	23	11	114	1	thimbleweeds
tumbleweed	18	5	175	2	t_umbleweed
tumbleweeds	19	5	124	3	t_umbleweeds
humblebee	18	5	280	4	_humblebee_
humblebees	19	5	210	4	_humblebees
thimble	14	3	587	4	thimbl___e_
thimbleberry	24	6	111	4	thimbleberry
thimbleful	20	5	145	4	thimble_ful
thimblefuls	21	6	151	4	thimblefuls
thimblerig	18	5	182	4	thimble_rig
thimblerigged	23	11	94	4	thimblerigged
thimblerigs	19	5	171	4	thimblerigs
thimbles	15	3	602	4	thimbl___es
thimblesful	21	6	116	4	thimblesful
timbered	13	13	738	4	t_imb_e_red
timbrelled	15	4	225	4	t_imbrelled

Search took 10 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	148819	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	17	9.110	16335.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	9.562	18687.6