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

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

14 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
thundercloud	19	6	132	(None)
thunderclouds	20	7	116	1	thunderclouds
thunderclap	19	6	130	3	thundercl_ap
thunderclaps	20	6	136	3	thunderclaps
thunderous	14	4	361	3	thunder__ous
thunderbird	18	5	167	4	thunder_bird
thunderbolt	17	5	202	4	thunder_bolt
thunderbolts	18	5	153	4	thunderbolts
thundered	14	4	457	4	thunder___ed
thunderhead	19	5	206	4	thunder_head
thunderstone	16	5	223	4	thunderstone
thunderstorm	18	6	174	4	thunderstorm
underclad	13	4	556	4	__undercl_ad
underload	11	4	637	4	__under_load

Search took 7 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	124790	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	14	6.233	20020.9
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.626	26968.2