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

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

21 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
anthems	12	30	942	(None)
anthem	11	34	1034	1	anthem_
anthers	10	37	1520	1	anthers
aethers	10	36	1494	2	aethers
altheas	10	3	822	2	altheas
anadems	10	3	614	2	anadems
anathema	13	4	458	2	anathema
anathemas	14	4	488	2	anathemas
antes	5	63	3432	2	ant_e_s
anthemed	14	4	695	2	anthemed
anthemia	13	4	919	2	anthemia
anthemic	15	4	1032	2	anthemic
anther	9	37	1506	2	anthe_r
antheses	11	3	1147	2	antheses
anthesis	11	3	1250	2	anthesis
antlers	7	40	1474	2	antlers
antres	6	50	2100	2	antre_s
antrums	9	6	917	2	antrums
apothems	15	4	422	2	apothems
exanthems	21	4	276	2	exanthems
panthers	13	5	1078	2	panthers

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	21	3.313	32499.5
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.689	48438.9