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

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

11 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
thornier	11	3	532	(None)
hornier	10	30	1246	1	_hornier
cornier	9	30	1709	2	_cornier
horsier	10	30	1324	2	_horsier
phonier	12	27	1063	2	pho_nier
pornier	9	34	1313	2	_pornier
thorned	11	47	940	2	thorn_ed
thorniest	12	3	648	2	thorniest
thornily	14	4	416	2	thornily
thorning	12	3	751	2	thorning
tonier	6	55	2071	2	t_o_nier

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	11	3.580	33815.4
3	Display Results	11	11	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	11	3.720	48035.2