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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “thieving” 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.

16 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
thieving	15	3	514	(None)
achieving	18	4	330	2	achieving
grieving	13	8	589	2	grieving
hieing	10	42	1662	2	_hie_ing
hiving	13	41	1552	2	_hi_ving
shieling	12	35	1240	2	shieling
shrieving	16	3	397	2	shrieving
sieving	11	23	1123	2	_sieving
theming	13	36	1047	2	th_eming
thievish	17	4	326	2	thievish
thinking	16	28	986	2	thinking
thinning	12	31	909	2	thinning
thirling	12	24	858	2	thirling
thriving	15	24	635	2	thriving
tieing	7	35	1876	2	t_ie_ing
tiering	8	3	1525	2	t_iering

Search took 5 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	16	3.750	32282.4
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	4.140	43162.1