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

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

12 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
thornback	20	16	255	(None)
thornbacks	21	15	244	1	thornbacks
throwback	23	193	483	2	throwback
hardback	20	4	563	3	_hardback
hogback	19	4	545	3	_ho_gback
holdback	20	4	451	3	_holdback
hornbook	17	4	465	3	_hornbook
horseback	20	4	426	3	_horseback
roorback	16	5	481	3	roor_back
thornbush	17	5	121	3	thornbush
throwbacks	24	73	457	3	throwbacks
tomback	17	22	774	3	t_o_mback

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	148641	0.170	1051123.5
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	12	9.016	16486.4
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	9.202	19418.7