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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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24 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
airthed	11	32	830	(None)
airshed	11	25	853	1	airshed
airted	7	42	1450	1	airt_ed
birthed	13	22	859	1	birthed
girthed	12	26	624	1	girthed
aired	6	60	3292	2	air__ed
airhead	11	3	699	2	air_head
airsheds	12	27	496	2	airsheds
airth	8	56	2102	2	airth__
airths	9	54	1425	2	airth_s
arched	12	57	1732	2	a_rched
berthed	13	25	912	2	berthed
birched	15	34	991	2	birched
dirtied	9	32	1085	2	dirtied
earthed	11	3	992	2	earthed
faithed	14	3	716	2	fai_thed
girted	8	39	1287	2	girt_ed
kirtled	12	28	703	2	kirtled
kithed	14	46	1301	2	ki_thed
pithed	12	46	1561	2	pi_thed
tithed	10	41	1559	2	ti_thed
withed	13	44	1623	2	wi_thed
worthed	14	3	787	2	worthed
writhed	14	38	962	2	writhed

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.076	35003.6
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.468	51525.7