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

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

20 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
wreathen	14	25	614	(None)
wreathe	13	33	905	1	wreathe_
wreathed	15	25	746	1	wreathed
wreather	14	26	860	1	wreather
wreathes	14	29	989	1	wreathes
breathe	12	37	1184	2	breathe_
breathed	14	46	964	2	breathed
breather	13	36	1059	2	breather
breathes	13	42	1290	2	breathes
greaten	8	36	1064	2	great_en
heathen	13	34	1089	2	_heathen
weather	13	35	1322	2	w_eather
wheaten	13	3	640	2	wheat_en
wrathed	14	29	852	2	wr_athed
wreath	12	41	1119	2	wreath__
wreathers	15	25	749	2	wreathers
wreathing	16	26	631	2	wreathing
wreaths	13	33	837	2	wreath_s
wreathy	16	32	606	2	wreath_y
writhen	13	40	786	2	wr_ithen

Search took 5 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	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.860	31362.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	4.266	41887.2