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

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

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
thyroidal	16	4	328	(None)
choroidal	15	4	467	2	choroidal
gyroidal	13	4	369	2	_gyroidal
hyoidal	14	4	480	2	_hy_oidal
thyroid	14	3	825	2	thyroid__
thyroids	15	4	600	2	thyroid_s
toroidal	9	6	639	2	t_oroidal
ethmoidal	15	5	276	3	eth_moidal
heroical	13	4	1002	3	_heroical
hypnoidal	18	4	339	3	_hypnoidal
rhizoidal	22	5	231	3	rhizoidal
spheroidal	16	5	256	3	spheroidal
steroidal	10	4	548	3	steroidal
theroid	11	3	1340	3	theroid__
thyreoid	15	4	477	3	thyreoid__
thyrsoid	15	4	419	3	thyrsoid__
typhoidal	18	5	319	3	typhoidal

Search took 8 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	6.876	21617.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	7.296	24491.6