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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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17 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
thereafter	16	4	257	(None)
hereafter	15	4	373	1	_hereafter
hereafters	16	4	359	2	_hereafters
thereinafter	18	7	77	2	thereinafter
hereinafter	17	6	148	3	_hereinafter
overeater	12	3	1248	3	overea_ter
theater	10	40	1425	3	th__ea_ter
thereat	10	43	1524	3	therea_t__
therefor	14	9	445	3	there_f_or
therefore	15	7	459	3	there_fore
thereunder	14	5	203	3	thereunder
threader	12	5	673	3	th_rea_der
threadier	13	5	447	3	th_readier
threaper	13	4	514	3	th_rea_per
threated	12	5	920	3	th_rea_ted
threaten	11	4	630	3	th_rea_ten
treater	7	42	1983	3	t__rea_ter

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	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	6.546	21479.2
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.952	25703.5