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

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

73 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
souther	10	41	1630	(None)
couther	12	39	1463	1	couther
mouther	12	38	1281	1	mouther
scouther	13	5	694	1	scouther
soother	10	42	1504	1	soother
souter	6	42	2592	1	sout_er
southed	11	43	1399	1	southed
southern	11	43	891	1	southern
southers	11	42	1445	1	southers
bother	11	52	1806	2	bo_ther
coucher	14	45	1585	2	coucher
cougher	13	37	1173	2	cougher
couter	8	49	3022	2	cout_er
couthier	13	21	891	2	couthier
goutier	8	26	1235	2	goutier
loather	10	37	1100	2	loather
mother	11	37	1864	2	mo_ther
mouthed	13	38	1104	2	mouthed
mouthers	13	38	1130	2	mouthers
mouthier	13	20	817	2	mouthier
norther	10	3	973	2	norther
nother	9	38	1596	2	no_ther
other	8	42	1910	2	_o_ther
outer	5	56	3330	2	_out_er
outhear	10	9	1060	2	_outhear
pother	11	38	1885	2	po_ther
pouter	8	39	2398	2	pout_er
poutier	9	32	1532	2	poutier
rougher	11	35	1103	2	rougher
router	6	50	2584	2	rout_er
scouter	9	33	1332	2	scout_er
scouthers	14	4	599	2	scouthers
scutcher	15	17	696	2	scutcher
scutter	9	35	1217	2	scutter
shouter	10	32	1308	2	shout_er
shusher	13	28	811	2	shusher
shutter	10	37	1214	2	shutter
slather	10	38	1607	2	slather
slither	10	41	1298	2	slither
sloucher	13	20	681	2	sloucher
smoother	13	19	667	2	smoother
smother	12	35	1021	2	smother
snoutier	8	20	697	2	snoutier
softer	9	40	1531	2	soft_er
soothe	9	42	1485	2	soothe_
soothed	11	37	1274	2	soothed
soothers	11	39	1343	2	soothers
soothes	10	39	1711	2	soothes
sootier	7	39	1661	2	sootier
sorter	6	44	2509	2	sort_er
soughed	12	38	1162	2	soughed
sounder	8	33	1538	2	sounder
soupier	9	31	1175	2	soupier
sourer	6	36	2021	2	sou_rer
souters	7	44	2260	2	sout_ers
south	8	52	2357	2	south__
southerly	15	4	418	2	southerly
southerns	12	34	721	2	southerns
souths	9	52	1660	2	south_s
spouter	9	42	1322	2	spout_er
sputter	9	40	1405	2	sputter
stouter	7	40	1205	2	stout_er
stutter	7	29	1146	2	stutter
sutler	6	37	1839	2	s_utler
swather	13	42	1360	2	swather
swither	13	37	1099	2	swither
tother	9	41	1714	2	to_ther
toucher	12	48	1435	2	toucher
tougher	11	42	1098	2	tougher
touter	6	38	2103	2	tout_er
voucher	15	41	1026	2	voucher
wuther	12	45	1161	2	_wuther
youthen	13	3	615	2	youthen

Search took 4 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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	73	3.530	30501.7
3	Display Results	73	73	0.016	4562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	73	3.686	48478.3