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

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

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55 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
thief	11	45	1630	(None)
chief	13	44	1948	1	chief
brief	10	54	2260	2	brief
chef	12	51	2562	2	ch_ef
chiefs	14	50	965	2	chiefs
chiel	10	49	1897	2	chiel
fief	10	73	3137	2	_fief
grief	9	53	1978	2	grief
hie	6	76	5271	2	_hie_
hied	8	54	3405	2	_hied
hies	7	48	4284	2	_hies
kief	11	71	2842	2	_kief
lief	7	60	3700	2	_lief
shied	9	61	2549	2	shied
shiel	8	110	2377	2	shiel
shier	8	54	2894	2	shier
shies	8	61	3655	2	shies
thae	7	68	2556	2	thae_
the	6	74	3605	2	th_e_
thee	7	80	3906	2	th_ee
theft	11	41	1813	2	th_eft
thein	8	59	1902	2	thein
their	8	55	1215	2	their
them	9	74	2704	2	th_em
then	7	84	2969	2	th_en
thew	10	82	2623	2	th_ew
they	10	72	2375	2	th_ey
thick	14	56	1335	2	thick
thieve	12	3	596	2	thieve
thigh	12	4	1012	2	thigh
thill	8	59	1873	2	thill
thin	7	67	3239	2	thi_n
thine	8	50	2686	2	thine
thing	9	66	2298	2	thing
think	12	50	1880	2	think
thins	8	58	2633	2	thins
thio	7	72	2541	2	thi_o
thiol	8	76	1604	2	thiol
thir	7	64	2054	2	thi_r
third	9	59	1249	2	third
thirl	8	54	1682	2	thirl
this	7	60	2738	2	thi_s
three	8	75	2691	2	three
threw	11	173	1571	2	threw
tie	3	65	5754	2	t_ie_
tied	5	55	3522	2	t_ied
tier	4	49	3615	2	t_ier
ties	4	52	4832	2	t_ies
tiff	10	47	2773	2	t_iff
tref	7	70	3099	2	t_ref
tried	6	50	2691	2	tried
trier	5	43	2853	2	trier
tries	5	57	4281	2	tries
twier	8	47	1329	2	twier
whiff	17	3	1006	2	whiff

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	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	55	1.733	31044.4
3	Display Results	55	55	0.016	3437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	55	2.062	86659.1