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

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

18 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
apathy	14	3	703	(None)
apache	13	42	1077	2	apache
aphtha	14	4	448	2	aphtha
aptly	10	51	1181	2	ap_tly
deathy	13	42	1023	2	deathy
empathy	17	4	348	2	empathy
heathy	15	61	1121	2	heathy
lathy	11	52	1506	2	_lathy
patchy	16	50	957	2	_patchy
path	9	91	3491	2	_path_
paths	10	55	2138	2	_paths
patly	10	50	2058	2	_patly
patsy	10	57	1720	2	_patsy
patty	10	47	2361	2	_patty
paty	9	52	3456	2	_pat_y
pithy	13	56	1446	2	_pithy
spathe	11	51	1569	2	spathe
wrathy	15	37	785	2	wrathy

Search took 3 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	82551	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	18	2.296	35954.3
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	2.642	67634.7