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

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

11 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
theatre	10	35	849	(None)
theater	10	40	1425	1	theater
theatres	11	29	863	1	theatres
cheater	12	48	1696	2	cheater
heater	9	48	2830	2	_heater
sheathe	13	4	899	2	sheathe
theaters	11	42	1190	2	theaters
theatric	13	4	614	2	theatric
thecate	12	32	1002	2	thecat_e
there	8	75	2739	2	the__re
treater	7	42	1983	2	treater

Search took 4 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	107671	0.470	380193.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	11	3.170	33965.6
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.640	49090.9