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

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

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55 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
feathers	14	35	1324	(None)
fathers	13	39	1650	1	f_athers
feather	13	36	1350	1	feather_
feathery	17	36	807	1	feathery
heathers	14	39	1473	1	heathers
leathers	11	42	1508	1	leathers
weathers	14	34	1283	1	weathers
aethers	10	36	1494	2	ae_thers
bathers	12	47	2036	2	_bathers
beaters	9	49	2504	2	beat_ers
blathers	13	47	1379	2	blathers
breathers	14	31	910	2	breathers
eaters	6	55	3595	2	_eat_ers
ethers	9	45	1841	2	_e_thers
father	12	51	1671	2	f_ather_
fearers	10	48	1527	2	fea_rers
feasters	11	5	1156	2	feasters
feater	9	52	2405	2	feat_er_
feathered	16	18	889	2	feathered
features	11	3	1033	2	features
festers	10	41	2139	2	fest_ers
fetchers	16	32	886	2	fetchers
fetters	10	35	1790	2	fe_tters
flashers	14	39	1265	2	flashers
flatters	11	38	1420	2	flatters
fraters	10	35	1721	2	frat_ers
frothers	14	27	981	2	frothers
furthers	14	3	649	2	furthers
gathers	11	43	1507	2	_gathers
heaters	10	42	2522	2	heat_ers
heathens	14	32	1015	2	heathens
heather	13	39	1485	2	heather_
heathery	17	34	908	2	heathery
lathers	10	43	2188	2	_lathers
leachers	13	37	1281	2	leachers
leather	10	38	1578	2	leather_
leathern	11	39	891	2	leathern
leathery	14	43	897	2	leathery
loathers	11	33	1044	2	loathers
neatherd	12	10	719	2	neatherd
neatherds	13	9	577	2	neatherds
peachers	15	32	1384	2	peachers
pleathers	14	4	645	2	pleathers
reachers	13	35	1572	2	reachers
regathers	13	3	635	2	regathers
seaters	7	40	2894	2	seat_ers
sheathers	15	5	755	2	sheathers
slathers	11	39	1478	2	slathers
swathers	14	45	1208	2	swathers
teachers	13	32	1239	2	teachers
teethers	11	32	871	2	teethers
tethers	10	38	1531	2	te_thers
weather	13	35	1322	2	weather_
wethers	13	52	1469	2	we_thers
wreathers	15	25	749	2	wreathers

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	0.656	272394.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	55	3.703	32692.1
3	Display Results	55	55	0.033	1666.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	55	4.392	40685.6