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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “cathartic” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

22 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
cathartic	16	4	456	(None)
cathartics	17	4	308	1	cathartics
catharsis	14	4	448	2	catharsis
cathectic	15	4	524	2	cathectic
catheptic	18	4	490	2	catheptic
atactic	11	4	1008	3	_at_actic
athletic	13	11	865	3	_athletic
bathetic	15	4	858	3	bath_etic
cachectic	14	4	320	3	cachectic
cantharis	14	4	718	3	canthar_is
caryatic	15	4	850	3	carya_tic
catalatic	13	4	732	3	catalatic
catalytic	16	4	589	3	catalytic
catharses	14	4	641	3	catharses
cathodic	16	12	675	3	cath_odic
catholic	15	15	838	3	cath_olic
catoptric	15	8	440	3	catoptric
chaotic	14	3	1004	3	c__haotic
katharsis	16	4	289	3	katharsis
lathyritic	18	5	283	3	lathyritic
lethargic	15	5	216	3	lethargic
pathetic	15	4	1096	3	path_etic

Search took 9 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	148641	0.440	406115.9
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	22	7.906	18801.0
3	Display Results	22	22	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	8.346	21410.4