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

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

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38 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
writhers	14	39	898	(None)
withers	13	44	1775	1	w_ithers
writers	10	55	1349	1	writ_ers
writher	13	40	1085	1	writher_
writhes	13	48	1170	1	writhe_s
blithers	13	47	1123	2	blithers
brothers	13	34	1083	2	brothers
cithers	12	43	1577	2	_cithers
critters	10	35	1132	2	critters
dithers	11	40	1615	2	_dithers
druthers	12	7	579	2	druthers
fritters	11	38	1078	2	fritters
frothers	14	27	981	2	frothers
gritters	9	42	1063	2	gritters
mithers	12	35	1673	2	_mithers
ritters	7	40	2062	2	_ritters
slithers	11	42	1295	2	slithers
smithers	13	36	979	2	smithers
swithers	14	43	1053	2	swithers
tithers	10	42	1673	2	_tithers
waiters	10	42	1862	2	wait_ers
weathers	14	34	1283	2	weathers
weighers	15	13	567	2	weighers
wethers	13	52	1469	2	w_ethers
whither	16	35	1025	2	whither_
whitters	14	35	940	2	whitters
wishers	13	32	1521	2	w_ishers
wither	12	43	2135	2	w_ither_
withes	12	46	2084	2	w_ithe_s
wreathers	15	25	749	2	wreathers
wringers	12	31	1007	2	wringers
writer	9	44	1651	2	writ_er_
writes	9	44	2033	2	writ_e_s
writhe	12	53	1070	2	writhe__
writhed	14	38	962	2	writhe_d
writhen	13	40	786	2	writhe_n
wuthers	13	37	1152	2	w_uthers
zithers	19	39	1197	2	_zithers

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	121059	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	38	3.530	34294.3
3	Display Results	38	38	0.016	2375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	38	3.952	45215.3