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

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

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
throwers	14	10	603	(None)
thrower	13	8	699	1	thrower_
crowers	12	46	1490	2	_crowers
growers	11	36	1272	2	_growers
rowers	9	49	2457	2	__rowers
showers	13	46	1268	2	sh_owers
thawers	13	42	848	2	th_awers
thrivers	14	45	682	2	thrivers
throbbers	16	4	317	2	throbbers
throes	9	75	1867	2	thro_e_s
thrones	10	57	1584	2	throne_s
throws	12	97	1523	2	throw__s
throwsters	16	4	271	2	throwsters
towers	9	44	2367	2	t__owers
trovers	10	37	1332	2	t_rovers
trowels	10	35	836	2	t_rowels
trowsers	11	42	800	2	t_rowsers

Search took 5 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	121059	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	17	3.736	32403.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.013	1307.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	4.169	42861.8