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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thrower” 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
thrower	13	8	699	(None)
throwers	14	10	603	1	throwers
crower	11	41	1756	2	_crower
grower	10	46	1493	2	_grower
prower	11	42	1812	2	_prower
rower	8	54	3049	2	__rower
shower	12	43	1511	2	sh_ower
thawer	12	48	934	2	th_awer
thrawed	14	3	558	2	thrawed
thriver	13	47	912	2	thriver
throbber	15	4	320	2	throbber
throe	8	93	2142	2	thro_e_
throes	9	75	1867	2	thro_es
throne	9	85	1760	2	throne_
throned	11	54	1217	2	throned
thrones	10	57	1584	2	thrones
throve	12	80	1239	2	throve_
throw	11	87	1973	2	throw__
thrown	12	149	1144	2	throw_n
throws	12	97	1523	2	throw_s
throwster	15	4	295	2	throwster
tower	8	57	2920	2	t__ower
trover	9	50	1466	2	t_rover
trowed	10	47	1465	2	t_rowed
trowel	9	42	1146	2	t_rowel

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	25	3.076	35003.6
3	Display Results	25	25	0.016	1562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	25	3.468	51525.7