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

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

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
hydrothermal	24	6	224	(None)
hydrothermally	29	10	120	2	hydrothermally
hypothermal	24	5	390	2	hy_pothermal
hydrotherapy	27	6	268	3	hydrotherapy
hydrothorax	28	6	245	3	hydrothor_ax
eurythermal	19	6	203	4	_eurythermal
exothermal	22	7	334	4	__exothermal
geothermal	16	5	301	4	__geothermal
hypodermal	21	5	334	4	hy_po_dermal
hypothermia	24	5	523	4	hy_pothermia
hypothermias	25	5	483	4	hy_pothermias
hypothermic	26	5	509	4	hy_pothermic
isothermal	15	5	276	4	__isothermal
stenothermal	17	7	165	4	stenothermal

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	14	6.016	20743.0
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	6.419	27837.8