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

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

23 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
diethers	12	5	745	(None)
dieters	8	32	1643	1	diet_ers
diether	11	4	744	1	diether_
dithers	11	40	1615	1	di_thers
aethers	10	36	1494	2	_aethers
blethers	13	42	961	2	blethers
cithers	12	43	1577	2	ci_thers
deters	7	47	2468	2	d_et_ers
diesters	9	25	1360	2	diesters
dieter	7	35	1677	2	diet_er_
dimeters	11	4	1109	2	dimet_ers
ditchers	14	36	1036	2	ditchers
dither	10	44	1768	2	di_ther_
dithery	14	31	894	2	di_thery
druthers	12	7	579	2	druthers
ethers	9	45	1841	2	__ethers
mithers	12	35	1673	2	mi_thers
teethers	11	32	871	2	teethers
tethers	10	38	1531	2	_tethers
tithers	10	42	1673	2	ti_thers
wethers	13	52	1469	2	_wethers
withers	13	44	1775	2	wi_thers
zithers	19	39	1197	2	zi_thers

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	0.403	443402.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	3.626	33386.4
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	4.045	44175.8