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

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

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53 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
loathers	11	33	1044	(None)
lathers	10	43	2188	1	l_athers
leathers	11	42	1508	1	leathers
loather	10	37	1100	1	loather_
loathes	10	35	1324	1	loathe_s
bathers	12	47	2036	2	_bathers
blathers	13	47	1379	2	blathers
bloaters	10	33	1102	2	bloat_ers
boaters	9	34	1924	2	boat_ers
bothers	12	43	1775	2	bo_thers
coachers	15	43	1230	2	coachers
coaters	9	35	2579	2	coat_ers
fathers	13	39	1650	2	_fathers
feathers	14	35	1324	2	feathers
floaters	11	27	1151	2	float_ers
gathers	11	43	1507	2	_gathers
gloaters	9	28	886	2	gloat_ers
goatherd	13	3	526	2	goatherd
goatherds	14	4	420	2	goatherds
heathers	14	39	1473	2	heathers
lashers	10	41	2183	2	l_ashers
lather	9	51	2435	2	l_ather_
lathery	13	39	1112	2	l_athery
lathes	9	51	2749	2	l_athe_s
leachers	13	37	1281	2	leachers
leather	10	38	1578	2	leather_
leathern	11	39	891	2	leathern
leathery	14	43	897	2	leathery
loaches	12	36	1398	2	loache_s
loaders	8	34	1343	2	loa_ders
loafers	10	34	946	2	loa_fers
loaners	7	39	1362	2	loa_ners
loathe	9	42	1138	2	loathe__
loathed	11	41	944	2	loathe_d
loathness	12	4	470	2	loathness
locaters	10	27	1007	2	locat_ers
lofters	10	39	1290	2	loft_ers
loiters	7	41	1661	2	loit_ers
looters	7	44	1916	2	loot_ers
lotters	7	39	2106	2	lo_tters
mothers	12	37	1762	2	mo_thers
mouthers	13	38	1130	2	mouthers
northers	11	3	933	2	northers
oaters	6	50	2979	2	_oat_ers
others	9	39	1800	2	_o_thers
pleathers	14	4	645	2	pleathers
poachers	15	29	1076	2	poachers
pothers	12	38	1862	2	po_thers
slathers	11	39	1478	2	slathers
soothers	11	39	1343	2	soothers
southers	11	42	1445	2	southers
swathers	14	45	1208	2	swathers
weathers	14	34	1283	2	weathers

Search took 6 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	0.186	960704.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	53	5.626	21517.8
3	Display Results	53	53	0.013	4076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	53	5.825	30676.6