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

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

17 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
ethereally	16	5	354	(None)
eternally	12	4	749	2	et_ernally
ethereal	11	4	678	2	etherea_l_
ethereality	17	5	316	2	ethereality
thermally	17	4	483	2	_thermally
aethereal	12	4	459	3	aetherea_l_
enterally	12	4	1001	3	enter_ally
ephemerally	21	5	260	3	ephemerally
etherealize	23	5	404	3	etherealize
ethically	17	4	871	3	eth_ically
ethnically	18	4	783	3	ethnically
exothermally	27	6	152	3	exothermally
externally	20	4	554	3	externally
funereally	16	6	288	3	funereally
geothermally	21	6	151	3	geothermally
tetherball	15	5	232	3	tetherball_
tetherballs	16	5	205	3	tetherballs

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	140603	0.860	207780.2
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	17	7.470	18822.4
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	8.330	21451.5