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

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

10 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
goatherd	13	3	526	(None)
goatherds	14	4	420	1	goatherds
gather	10	41	1586	2	g_ather_
gathered	13	14	938	2	g_athered
gathers	11	43	1507	2	g_athers
goateed	9	30	706	2	goat_eed
loathed	11	41	944	2	loathe_d
loather	10	37	1100	2	loather_
loathers	11	33	1044	2	loathers
neatherd	12	10	719	2	neatherd

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	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	10	3.763	32170.9
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	4.156	42995.9