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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thairms” 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
thairms	12	4	445	(None)
thairm	11	5	696	1	thairm_
tharms	11	57	1224	1	tha_rms
chairs	11	49	1618	2	chair_s
charms	13	52	1884	2	cha_rms
chirms	13	51	1398	2	ch_irms
hairs	8	62	2517	2	_hair_s
harms	10	68	2902	2	_ha_rms
shairds	11	21	626	2	shairds
shairns	10	27	678	2	shairns
tharm	10	59	1664	2	tha_rm_
theirs	9	46	1035	2	their_s
theisms	12	3	776	2	theisms
therms	11	59	1487	2	th_erms
thirams	12	3	682	2	th_irams
thirds	10	43	860	2	th_irds
thirls	9	50	1206	2	th_irls

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	17	3.156	34116.3
3	Display Results	17	17	0.016	1062.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.545	50406.5