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

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

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68 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
leathers	11	42	1508	(None)
feathers	14	35	1324	1	feathers
heathers	14	39	1473	1	heathers
lathers	10	43	2188	1	l_athers
leachers	13	37	1281	1	leachers
leather	10	38	1578	1	leather_
leathern	11	39	891	1	leathern
leathery	14	43	897	1	leathery
loathers	11	33	1044	1	loathers
pleathers	14	4	645	1	pleathers
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
bleachers	16	29	792	2	bleachers
bleaters	10	34	1232	2	bleat_ers
blethers	13	42	961	2	ble_thers
breathers	14	31	910	2	breathers
eaters	6	55	3595	2	_eat_ers
elaters	7	44	2019	2	elat_ers
ethers	9	45	1841	2	_e_thers
fathers	13	39	1650	2	_fathers
feather	13	36	1350	2	feather_
feathery	17	36	807	2	feathery
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
lashers	10	41	2183	2	l_ashers
lather	9	51	2436	2	l_ather_
lathery	13	39	1112	2	l_athery
lathes	9	51	2750	2	l_athe_s
leacher	12	40	1484	2	leacher_
leaches	12	33	1934	2	leache_s
leaders	8	38	1960	2	lea_ders
leaguers	9	3	506	2	leaguers
leakers	11	34	1542	2	lea_kers
leaners	7	37	1817	2	lea_ners
leapers	9	37	1666	2	lea_pers
learners	8	39	815	2	learners
leasers	7	47	1784	2	lea_sers
leashes	10	35	1440	2	leashe_s
leathered	13	14	871	2	leathered
leavers	10	37	1778	2	lea_vers
lechers	12	33	1396	2	le_chers
lethes	9	48	1808	2	le_the_s
letters	7	38	1985	2	le_tters
loather	10	37	1100	2	loather_
loathes	10	35	1324	2	loathe_s
neatherd	12	10	719	2	neatherd
neatherds	13	9	577	2	neatherds
peachers	15	32	1384	2	peachers
pleaters	10	36	1379	2	pleat_ers
pleather	13	5	665	2	pleather_
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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	68	4.033	30017.1
3	Display Results	68	68	0.030	2266.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	68	4.453	40128.2