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

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

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
threadfins	17	4	197	(None)
threadfin	16	4	195	1	threadfin_
threading	14	10	759	2	thread_ing
headpins	14	3	610	3	_h_eadpins
redfins	11	3	992	3	__re_dfins
threaders	13	6	574	3	thread_ers
threadier	13	5	447	3	thread_ier
threadiest	14	4	428	3	thread_iest
threadiness	15	4	346	3	thread_iness
threadless	14	4	247	3	threadless
threadlike	18	4	194	3	threadlike
threads	11	41	995	3	thread___s
threaping	15	10	611	3	threa_ping
threatens	12	5	467	3	threa_tens
threating	13	10	1005	3	threa_ting
treading	10	35	1533	3	t_read_ing
treadling	11	3	750	3	t_readling

Search took 6 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	5.483	25643.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	5.905	30261.0