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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “therapsid” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

13 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
therapsid	15	4	325	(None)
therapsids	16	5	232	1	therapsids
therapist	14	4	708	2	therapist
teraphim	15	4	500	3	t_eraphim
teratoid	9	4	1107	3	t_eratoid
therapeusis	16	5	133	3	therapeusis
therapies	14	4	772	3	therapies
therapists	15	4	440	3	therapists
therapy	15	3	661	3	therap__y
theroid	11	3	1340	3	ther__oid
theropod	14	4	543	3	therop_od
threaped	14	5	486	3	threap_ed
threaps	12	48	864	3	threaps__

Search took 8 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	148641	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	13	7.236	20541.9
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.652	23352.2