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

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

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43 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
teether	10	34	969	(None)
teeter	6	54	2031	1	teet_er
teethe	9	45	1131	1	teethe_
teethed	11	31	862	1	teethed
teethers	11	32	871	1	teethers
teethes	10	36	1165	1	teethes
tether	9	37	1610	1	t_ether
aether	9	42	1367	2	_aether
beetler	9	3	803	2	beetler
blether	12	45	991	2	blether
diether	11	4	744	2	diether
either	9	45	1742	2	_either
ether	8	45	1877	2	__ether
feather	13	36	1350	2	feather
heather	13	39	1485	2	heather
leather	10	38	1578	2	leather
meeter	8	36	1650	2	meet_er
neither	10	3	757	2	neither
nether	9	40	1416	2	_nether
seethe	9	37	1248	2	seethe_
seethed	11	34	1019	2	seethed
seethes	10	36	1374	2	seethes
teacher	12	37	1483	2	teacher
teemer	8	55	1574	2	tee_mer
teener	6	47	1750	2	tee_ner
teenier	7	26	1114	2	teenier
teeters	7	40	1830	2	teet_ers
teeth	8	73	1585	2	teeth__
telpher	12	3	556	2	telpher
tenter	6	46	2393	2	tent_er
tentier	7	38	1592	2	tentier
tester	6	42	2715	2	test_er
testier	7	40	1564	2	testier
tethers	10	38	1531	2	t_ethers
tetter	6	43	2245	2	t_etter
thither	13	32	810	2	thither
tither	9	49	2028	2	t_ither
together	12	4	374	2	together
tother	9	41	1714	2	t_other
tweeter	10	28	853	2	tweet_er
weather	13	35	1322	2	weather
wether	12	33	1539	2	_wether
whether	16	34	662	2	whether

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	43	3.063	35152.1
3	Display Results	43	43	0.016	2687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	43	3.452	51764.5