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

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

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69 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
thirds	10	43	860	(None)
third	9	59	1249	1	third_
thirls	9	50	1206	1	thirls
birds	8	54	2133	2	_birds
cairds	9	64	1151	2	cairds
chards	12	51	1973	2	chards
chirks	15	54	1484	2	chirks
chirms	13	51	1398	2	chirms
chiros	11	46	1777	2	chiros
chirps	13	54	1400	2	chirps
chirrs	11	45	1498	2	chirrs
chirus	11	46	1569	2	chirus
chords	12	52	1463	2	chords
girds	7	48	1699	2	_girds
hards	9	64	3565	2	_hards
herds	9	64	2468	2	_herds
hinds	9	67	2147	2	_hinds
hires	8	61	3434	2	_hires
hurds	9	52	1907	2	_hurds
lairds	7	47	1161	2	lairds
shairds	11	21	626	2	shairds
shards	10	43	1917	2	shards
sherds	10	56	1472	2	sherds
shires	9	52	2557	2	shires
shirks	13	48	1412	2	shirks
shirrs	9	44	1317	2	shirrs
shirts	9	49	1834	2	shirts
teiids	7	3	669	2	teiids
teinds	7	3	826	2	teinds
thairms	12	4	445	2	thairms
tharms	11	57	1224	2	tharms
theirs	9	46	1035	2	their_s
theres	9	65	2547	2	theres
therms	11	59	1487	2	therms
thicks	15	45	1199	2	thicks
thighs	13	4	663	2	thighs
thills	9	55	1538	2	thills
things	10	49	1430	2	things
thinks	13	46	1336	2	thinks
thins	8	58	2633	2	thi_ns
thiols	9	51	1276	2	thiols
thir	7	64	2054	2	thir__
thiram	11	3	996	2	thiram
thirams	12	3	682	2	thirams
thirdly	14	4	463	2	thirdly
thirl	8	54	1682	2	thir_l
thirst	9	3	1225	2	thirst
thirsts	10	3	624	2	thirsts
thirty	12	37	840	2	thirty
this	7	60	2738	2	thi__s
thorns	9	53	1410	2	thorns
thorps	11	36	1089	2	thorps
thrips	11	29	901	2	thrips
thuds	9	51	1013	2	th_uds
thurls	9	41	871	2	thurls
tires	5	54	3749	2	t_ires
tirls	5	45	1980	2	t_irls
tiros	5	45	2489	2	t_iros
triads	7	45	1353	2	triads
turds	6	50	2169	2	t_urds
twirls	9	47	812	2	twirls
twirps	11	41	501	2	twirps
weirds	10	47	805	2	weirds
whids	12	54	1398	2	whi_ds
whirls	12	47	1053	2	whirls
whirrs	12	40	859	2	whirrs
whirs	11	52	1809	2	whir_s
yairds	10	44	802	2	yairds
yirds	9	66	1251	2	_yirds

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	0.576	310227.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	69	2.296	35954.3
3	Display Results	69	69	0.016	4312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	69	2.888	61873.6