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

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

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94 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
these	8	65	1901	(None)
thebe	10	75	1543	1	thebe
thee	7	80	3906	1	the_e
theme	10	59	2173	1	theme
there	8	75	2739	1	there
theses	9	65	1797	1	theses
thesp	10	54	1031	1	thesp
those	8	52	1814	1	those
chase	10	51	2712	2	chase
cheese	11	38	1276	2	cheese
chess	10	50	1692	2	chess
chest	10	49	2614	2	chest
chose	10	59	2540	2	chose
ethene	9	33	1292	2	ethene
geese	6	43	1600	2	geese
ghee	8	57	2611	2	ghe_e
ghees	9	52	1555	2	ghees
hebe	9	64	2470	2	_hebe
heme	9	50	3441	2	_heme
here	7	64	4710	2	_here
hes	6	66	5420	2	_hes_
hest	7	59	5077	2	_hest
hose	7	65	4724	2	_hose
obese	7	52	1242	2	obese
phase	10	46	1721	2	phase
prese	7	52	2838	2	prese
rheme	10	62	1405	2	rheme
shes	7	57	3435	2	shes_
tasse	5	48	2184	2	tasse
tawse	8	56	1650	2	tawse
tease	5	54	2871	2	tease
tee	3	83	6687	2	t_e_e
tees	4	53	5358	2	tees_
tele	4	50	4087	2	t_ele
tense	5	52	2584	2	tense
terse	5	50	2682	2	terse
test	4	86	5162	2	t_est
thae	7	68	2556	2	th_ae
thane	8	61	2253	2	thane
the	6	74	3605	2	th__e
thebes	11	59	1449	2	thebes
theca	10	33	1145	2	theca
thecae	11	29	965	2	thecae
theft	11	41	1813	2	theft
thegn	9	58	1090	2	thegn
thein	8	59	1902	2	thein
theine	9	48	1492	2	theine
their	8	55	1215	2	their
theism	11	3	948	2	theism
theist	9	3	1476	2	theist
them	9	74	2704	2	the_m
themed	12	59	1258	2	themed
themes	11	53	1925	2	themes
then	7	84	2969	2	the_n
thence	11	20	1085	2	thence
thens	8	59	2183	2	thens
theres	9	65	2547	2	theres
therm	10	60	1802	2	therm
therme	11	58	1499	2	therme
thesis	9	49	1373	2	thesis
thesps	11	44	826	2	thesps
theta	8	34	1457	2	theta
thew	10	82	2623	2	the_w
thews	11	74	1619	2	thews
thewy	14	63	1185	2	thewy
they	10	72	2375	2	the_y
thieve	12	3	596	2	thieve
thine	8	50	2686	2	thine
this	7	60	2738	2	this_
thole	8	56	2084	2	thole
three	8	75	2691	2	three
threes	9	71	1732	2	threes
thresh	12	27	686	2	thresh
throe	8	93	2142	2	throe
thus	7	67	2147	2	thus_
thyme	13	46	1247	2	thyme
thyrse	12	3	513	2	thyrse
ties	4	52	4832	2	ties_
tmeses	8	57	1224	2	tmeses
toes	4	69	5644	2	toes_
torse	5	58	3333	2	torse
touse	5	54	3067	2	touse
tree	4	77	4581	2	tre_e
trees	5	58	3576	2	trees
tres	4	65	4290	2	tres_
tress	5	54	2316	2	tress
tsetse	6	6	469	2	tsetse
twee	7	68	2708	2	twe_e
tyee	7	51	3142	2	tye_e
tyees	8	60	1945	2	tyees
tyes	7	64	3337	2	tyes_
whee	10	54	2959	2	whe_e
where	11	70	1943	2	where
whose	11	49	1453	2	whose

Search took 3 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	53800	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	94	1.703	31591.3
3	Display Results	94	94	0.030	3133.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	94	2.059	86785.3