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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thunderclouds” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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.

11 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
thunderclouds	20	7	116	(None)
thundercloud	19	6	132	1	thundercloud_
thunderclaps	20	6	136	3	thundercl_aps
thunderous	14	4	361	3	thunder__ou_s
thunderbirds	19	5	167	4	thunder_birds
thunderbolts	18	5	153	4	thunder_bolts
thunderclap	19	6	130	4	thundercl__ap
thunderheads	20	5	192	4	thunder_heads
thunderstones	17	6	216	4	thunderstones
thunderstorms	19	6	159	4	thunderstorms
underloads	12	4	523	4	__under_loads

Search took 6 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	95024	0.126	1418182.5
2	DLD Change Limit	95024	11	4.936	19251.2
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	5.062	35300.5