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

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

22 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
etheric	12	3	1178	(None)
aetheric	13	4	1016	1	aetheric
enteric	9	3	1421	2	enteric
enthetic	13	11	1061	2	enthetic
ephebic	16	4	651	2	ephebic
esthetic	13	11	977	2	esthetic
ether	8	45	1877	2	ether__
etherify	17	4	444	2	etherify
etherish	14	4	827	2	etherish
etherize	20	4	946	2	etherize
ethers	9	45	1841	2	ether_s
ethic	10	15	1122	2	eth__ic
ethnic	11	4	885	2	eth_nic
ethylic	15	4	632	2	ethylic
hetaeric	13	4	676	2	hetaeric
spheric	14	5	1007	2	spheric
steric	8	3	1706	2	st_eric
sthenic	12	6	890	2	sthenic
theriac	12	3	914	2	_theriac
thermic	14	3	933	2	_thermic
thetic	11	4	1289	2	_thetic
thoric	11	43	1404	2	_thoric

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	107671	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	3.420	31482.7
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.812	46875.9