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

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

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.

18 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
threadfin	16	4	195	(None)
threadfins	17	4	197	1	threadfins
threading	14	10	759	2	thread_ing
headpin	13	3	600	3	_h_eadpin
redfin	10	3	1022	3	__re_dfin
thread	10	50	1109	3	thread___
threaded	13	6	632	3	thread_ed
threader	12	5	673	3	thread_er
threaders	13	6	574	3	threaders
threadier	13	5	447	3	threadier
threadlike	18	4	194	3	threadlike
threads	11	41	995	3	thread__s
thready	14	43	590	3	thread__y
threaping	15	10	611	3	threa_ping
threaten	11	4	630	3	threa_ten
threating	13	10	1005	3	threa_ting
treading	10	35	1533	3	t_read_ing
treadling	11	3	750	3	t_readling

Search took 8 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	7.263	20465.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	7.702	23200.6