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

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

22 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
thrift	12	4	1204	(None)
shrift	12	4	1354	1	shrift
thrifts	13	3	552	1	thrifts
thrifty	16	3	419	1	thrifty
adrift	10	3	1311	2	adrift
drift	9	57	2284	2	_drift
grift	9	59	2446	2	_grift
rift	7	56	4233	2	__rift
shift	11	42	2514	2	sh_ift
shrifts	13	3	596	2	shrifts
tariff	12	7	1136	2	tariff
theft	11	41	1813	2	th_eft
theist	9	3	1476	2	theist
thirst	9	3	1225	2	thirst
threat	9	50	2046	2	threat
thrice	11	43	1157	2	thrice
thrill	9	49	1059	2	thrill
thrip	10	30	1218	2	thri_p
thrips	11	29	901	2	thrips
thrive	12	53	1322	2	thrive
throat	9	48	1975	2	throat
thrust	9	19	1189	2	thrust

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	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	22	2.140	38575.2
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	2.486	71878.9