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

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

25 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
filthy	15	35	642	(None)
filth	11	50	1582	1	filth_
filths	12	38	978	1	filths
fifth	14	52	1092	2	fifth_
fifthly	19	4	309	2	fifthly
fifths	15	40	654	2	fifths
fifty	14	52	1142	2	fift_y
filch	13	48	1332	2	filch_
filly	11	44	2490	2	fil_ly
filmy	13	61	1404	2	fil_my
filter	9	45	1763	2	filter
filthily	17	4	366	2	filthily
firth	11	58	1953	2	firth_
firths	12	51	1350	2	firths
fishy	14	60	1166	2	fi_shy
fitchy	17	43	762	2	fitchy
fitly	11	51	1497	2	fi_tly
frothy	15	57	837	2	frothy
kilty	12	52	1389	2	kilt_y
milty	10	47	2007	2	milt_y
pithy	13	56	1446	2	pi_thy
silty	8	47	2163	2	silt_y
tilth	8	55	1536	2	tilth_
tilths	9	45	937	2	tilths
withy	14	48	1376	2	wi_thy

Search took 3 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	82551	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	25	2.593	31836.1
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	2.955	60470.7