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

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

18 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
author	9	3	976	(None)
authors	10	3	1185	1	authors
abhor	10	4	1106	2	a_bhor
actor	7	11	1607	2	act_or
aether	9	42	1367	2	aether
altho	8	63	1260	2	altho_
althorn	10	4	776	2	althorn
anchor	11	39	1197	2	anchor
anther	9	37	1506	2	anther
auteur	6	10	794	2	auteur
authored	12	3	826	2	authored
auto	4	74	3208	2	aut_o_
autos	5	65	2332	2	aut_os
coauthor	13	4	346	2	coauthor
futhorc	15	4	431	2	futhorc
futhork	17	4	510	2	futhork
tutor	5	7	1249	2	tut_or
wuther	12	45	1161	2	wuther

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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	18	2.813	29346.2
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.169	56387.2