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

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

15 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
thaneships	18	5	439	(None)
thaneship	17	5	446	1	thaneship_
tankships	18	4	464	2	t_ankships
tranships	14	4	1033	2	tran_ships
transships	15	4	678	2	transships
deanships	15	4	599	3	dean_ships
hardships	18	4	565	3	_hardships
mateships	16	4	647	3	_mateships
spaceships	19	5	350	3	spaceships
tankship	17	4	490	3	t_ankship_
townships	17	4	498	3	town_ships
traineeships	17	6	219	3	traineeships
tranship	13	4	1019	3	tran_ship_
transship	14	4	645	3	transship_
twinships	17	4	412	3	twin_ships

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	140603	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	15	6.330	22212.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.013	1153.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	6.763	26421.9