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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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19 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
thermits	13	3	851	(None)
hermits	12	3	1214	1	_hermits
thermit	12	3	1201	1	thermit_
thermite	13	3	903	1	thermite
thermites	14	3	804	1	thermites
hermit	11	5	1944	2	_hermit_
permits	11	3	1400	2	_permits
termite	9	3	1389	2	t_ermite
termites	10	3	1369	2	t_ermites
territs	7	27	1450	2	t_errits
theremins	14	10	605	2	theremins
thermals	13	51	853	2	thermals
thermels	13	60	776	2	thermels
thermes	12	62	1461	2	therm_es
thermic	14	3	933	2	thermi_c
thermion	13	4	593	2	thermion
thermions	14	4	533	2	thermions
thermos	12	46	1075	2	therm_os
therms	11	59	1487	2	therm__s

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	19	3.343	36212.7
3	Display Results	19	19	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.733	47867.9