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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sunbather” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

23 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
sunbather	14	4	302	(None)
sunbathe	13	4	403	1	sunbathe_
sunbathed	15	4	331	1	sunbathed
sunbathers	15	4	248	1	sunbathers
sunbathes	14	4	411	1	sunbathes
sunbath	12	3	642	2	sunbath__
sunbaths	13	4	438	2	sunbath_s
unbathed	14	3	722	2	_unbathed
bather	11	53	2251	3	___bather
ingather	12	4	478	3	_ingather
sheather	14	5	823	3	s_heather
slather	10	38	1607	3	s__lather
snatcher	13	16	776	3	s_n_atcher
snathe	9	44	1511	3	s_n_athe_
snathes	10	48	1649	3	s_n_athes
subtler	9	29	1084	3	su_b_tler
sunbaked	15	4	553	3	sunba_ked
sunbathing	16	4	293	3	sunbathing
swather	13	42	1360	3	s__wather
unbated	10	33	1773	3	_unbat_ed
unbitter	10	4	617	3	_unbitter
untether	11	4	516	3	_untether
upgather	14	15	275	3	_upgather

Search took 8 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	23	6.953	21378.0
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	7.392	24173.6