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

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

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61 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
sheath	12	4	1289	(None)
heath	11	57	2428	1	_heath
sheathe	13	4	899	1	sheathe
sheaths	13	5	875	1	sheaths
breath	11	39	1626	2	breath
cheat	10	57	3245	2	cheat_
cheats	11	45	1954	2	cheats
chetah	14	39	958	2	chetah
cheth	13	50	1382	2	che_th
death	9	48	2252	2	_death
eath	7	57	3566	2	__eath
ensheath	14	13	396	2	ensheath
hath	10	59	3391	2	_h_ath
health	12	47	1214	2	_health
hearth	12	53	1521	2	_hearth
heat	7	70	6142	2	_heat_
heaths	12	63	1638	2	_heaths
heathy	15	61	1121	2	_heathy
heats	8	58	3840	2	_heats
heth	10	70	2802	2	_he_th
insheath	14	11	442	2	insheath
kheth	15	50	975	2	khe_th
neath	8	60	2028	2	_neath
seat	4	75	7556	2	s_eat_
seats	5	48	4434	2	s_eats
shah	10	56	2778	2	sh_a_h
shat	7	64	5660	2	sh_at_
shea	7	60	3157	2	shea__
sheaf	11	54	2412	2	shea_f
sheafs	12	49	1288	2	sheafs
sheal	8	49	2770	2	shea_l
sheals	9	44	2064	2	sheals
shear	8	54	2483	2	shea_r
shears	9	38	2090	2	shears
sheas	8	63	3179	2	shea_s
sheathed	15	4	722	2	sheathed
sheather	14	5	823	2	sheather
sheathes	14	6	1019	2	sheathes
sheave	12	45	1400	2	sheave
sheesh	12	3	781	2	sheesh
sheet	8	48	3696	2	sheet_
sheets	9	39	1850	2	sheets
sheikh	16	20	699	2	sheikh
shelta	9	31	1179	2	shelta
shelty	12	40	1155	2	shelty
shent	8	59	3350	2	shent_
sheuch	14	26	704	2	sheuch
sheugh	13	29	588	2	sheugh
shoat	8	56	3395	2	shoat_
shoats	9	41	1708	2	shoats
sleuth	9	3	723	2	sleuth
snath	8	64	1980	2	s_nath
stealth	10	9	645	2	stealth
strath	9	32	1637	2	strath
swath	11	59	2038	2	s_wath
sweat	8	56	2840	2	sweat_
sweats	9	48	1461	2	sweats
sweaty	12	37	1005	2	sweaty
wheat	11	49	2457	2	wheat_
wheats	12	50	1322	2	wheats
wreath	12	41	1119	2	wreath

Search took 3 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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	61	2.266	36430.3
3	Display Results	61	61	0.016	3812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	61	2.642	67634.7