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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “blithered” 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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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
blithered	15	15	612	(None)
blathered	15	16	835	1	blathered
blethered	15	16	543	1	blethered
slithered	13	13	662	1	slithered
bittered	11	27	1183	2	b_ittered
blatherer	14	17	671	2	blatherer
blattered	12	19	856	2	blattered
blinkered	16	4	441	2	blinkered
blistered	12	16	768	2	blistered
blither	12	48	1217	2	blither__
blithers	13	47	1123	2	blither_s
bothered	14	21	1039	2	b_othered
brothered	15	4	600	2	brothered
dithered	13	18	929	2	_dithered
flittered	13	19	625	2	flittered
glittered	11	19	540	2	glittered
lathered	12	15	1232	2	_lathered
littered	9	25	1138	2	_littered
slathered	13	14	854	2	slathered
swithered	16	13	546	2	swithered
withered	15	16	943	2	_withered

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	121436	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	21	3.236	37526.6
3	Display Results	21	21	0.013	1615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.622	49334.9