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

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

13 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
thrifty	16	3	419	(None)
thrift	12	4	1204	1	thrift_
thrifts	13	3	552	1	thrifts
christy	15	3	662	2	christy
drifty	13	41	822	2	_drifty
shifty	15	40	926	2	sh_ifty
shrift	12	4	1354	2	shrift_
shrifts	13	3	596	2	shrifts
thirsty	13	5	408	2	thirsty
thirty	12	37	840	2	th_irty
thriftily	18	4	200	2	thriftily
throaty	13	42	848	2	throaty
unthrifty	18	8	172	2	unthrifty

Search took 4 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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	13	2.953	36461.6
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.359	53197.7