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

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

22 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
thairm	11	5	696	(None)
thairms	12	4	445	1	thairms
tharm	10	59	1664	1	tha_rm
chair	10	55	1963	2	chair_
chairs	11	49	1618	2	chairs
charm	12	61	2466	2	cha_rm
chirm	12	53	1706	2	ch_irm
hair	7	63	3014	2	_hair_
hairs	8	62	2517	2	_hairs
hairy	11	53	1683	2	_hairy
harm	9	56	3779	2	_ha_rm
shaird	10	28	870	2	shaird
shairn	9	26	906	2	shairn
tharms	11	57	1224	2	tha_rms
their	8	55	1215	2	their_
theirs	9	46	1035	2	theirs
theism	11	3	948	2	theism
therm	10	60	1802	2	th_erm
thir	7	64	2054	2	th_ir_
thiram	11	3	996	2	th_iram
third	9	59	1249	2	th_ird
thirl	8	54	1682	2	th_irl

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	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	22	2.173	37989.4
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	2.512	71135.0