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

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

24 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
thirsts	10	3	624	(None)
thirst	9	3	1225	1	thirst_
thirsty	13	5	408	1	thirsty
athirst	10	3	787	2	athirst_
firsts	9	51	1092	2	_firsts
hists	8	63	2837	2	_hi_sts
horsts	9	58	1751	2	_horsts
hursts	9	72	1309	2	_hursts
shirts	9	49	1834	2	shir_ts
shists	9	65	1511	2	shi_sts
theists	10	3	915	2	theists
thirams	12	3	682	2	thirams
thirds	10	43	860	2	thir_ds
thirls	9	50	1206	2	thir_ls
thirsted	12	3	521	2	thirsted
thirster	11	3	567	2	thirster
thirsters	12	3	523	2	thirsters
thirty	12	37	840	2	thir_ty
thrifts	13	3	552	2	thrifts
thrusts	10	22	652	2	thrusts
thyrses	13	3	502	2	thyrses
thyrsus	13	4	269	2	thyrsus
twists	9	54	975	2	twi_sts
whists	12	46	1381	2	whi_sts

Search took 5 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	0.720	248181.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.296	32667.2
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	4.016	44494.8