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

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

25 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
throngs	11	50	816	(None)
thongs	10	46	1119	1	th_ongs
thrones	10	57	1584	1	thrones
throng	10	53	997	1	throng_
barongs	10	53	1083	2	barongs
hongs	9	51	2620	2	_h_ongs
prongs	9	43	1448	2	_prongs
sarongs	8	45	1180	2	sarongs
things	10	49	1430	2	th_ings
thong	9	50	1418	2	th_ong_
thorns	9	53	1410	2	thorn_s
thorons	10	45	1191	2	thoron_s
throats	10	46	1219	2	throats
throbs	11	83	1137	2	thro_bs
throes	9	75	1867	2	thro_es
throne	9	85	1760	2	thron_e
throned	11	54	1217	2	throned
thronged	13	40	533	2	thronged
through	14	164	751	2	through
throws	12	97	1523	2	thro_ws
tongs	6	59	2846	2	t__ongs
trogs	6	70	2260	2	t_ro_gs
tronas	6	38	1690	2	t_ronas
trones	6	56	2928	2	t_rones
wrongs	10	33	893	2	_wrongs

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.190	33752.7
3	Display Results	25	25	0.013	1923.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.576	49969.5