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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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24 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
citherns	13	33	887	(None)
cithern	12	48	991	1	cithern_
cithers	12	43	1577	1	cither_s
cithrens	13	35	593	1	cithrens
citterns	10	31	812	1	citterns
zitherns	20	37	613	1	zitherns
bitterns	10	42	895	2	bitterns
ciphers	14	37	999	2	cipher_s
cisterns	10	36	958	2	cisterns
citers	8	50	2298	2	cit_er_s
citharas	13	15	672	2	citharas
cither	11	46	1668	2	cither__
cithren	12	30	659	2	cithren_
cittern	9	33	914	2	cittern_
cothurns	13	4	452	2	cothurns
dithers	11	40	1615	2	dither_s
gitterns	9	32	657	2	gitterns
lutherns	11	3	629	2	lutherns
mithers	12	35	1673	2	mither_s
sithens	10	3	938	2	sithe_ns
tithers	10	42	1673	2	tither_s
withers	13	44	1775	2	wither_s
zithern	19	44	702	2	zithern_
zithers	19	39	1197	2	zither_s

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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	24	3.580	33815.4
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.970	45010.3