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

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

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56 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
etherish	14	4	827	(None)
cherish	15	3	1046	2	_cherish
etheric	12	3	1178	2	etheri_c
etherify	17	4	444	2	etherify
etherize	20	4	946	2	etherize
ethers	9	45	1841	2	ether_s_
aetheric	13	4	1016	3	aetheri_c
aethers	10	36	1494	3	aether_s_
atheism	12	4	852	3	athe_ism
atheist	10	3	1405	3	athe_ist
bitterish	14	4	613	3	bitterish
esthesis	11	4	845	3	esthesis_
etchers	12	34	1129	3	etcher_s_
eternise	8	11	966	3	et_ernise
ethenes	10	33	1387	3	ethenes_
ether	8	45	1877	3	ether___
ethereal	11	4	678	3	ethereal
etherized	22	4	708	3	etherized
etherizer	21	4	598	3	etherizer
etherizes	21	4	931	3	etherizes
ethicist	13	4	789	3	ethicist
euthenist	12	4	903	3	euthenist
eutherian	12	4	689	3	eutherian
feverish	17	4	541	3	feverish
heathenish	15	5	398	3	heathenish
hetaerism	14	4	541	3	hetaerism
liverish	14	4	786	3	liverish
others	9	39	1800	3	other_s_
otherwise	15	10	318	3	otherwise
perish	11	46	1906	3	__perish
queerish	20	4	531	3	queerish
steepish	13	7	582	3	steepish
tethering	13	3	913	3	tethering
tethers	10	38	1531	3	tether_s_
theirs	9	46	1035	3	_theirs_
theism	11	3	948	3	_the_ism
theist	9	3	1476	3	_the_ist
theorise	11	3	787	3	_theorise
theorist	11	4	955	3	_theorist
theres	9	65	2547	3	_theres_
theriac	12	3	914	3	_theriac
therian	10	3	1129	3	_therian
therms	11	59	1487	3	_therms_
thesis	9	49	1373	3	_thesis_
thievish	17	4	325	3	_thievish
thrash	12	25	835	3	_th_rash
thresh	12	27	686	3	_th_resh
thrush	12	25	748	3	_th_rush
tigerish	12	4	655	3	tigerish
tigrish	11	3	756	3	_tigrish
viperish	16	5	589	3	viperish
waterish	14	3	1053	3	waterish
wethers	13	52	1469	3	wether_s_
wheyish	19	4	406	3	_wheyish
whorish	16	3	660	3	_whorish
zitherist	21	4	659	3	zitherist

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	146162	0.173	1032896.0
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	56	7.953	18378.2
3	Display Results	56	56	0.033	1697.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	56	8.159	21901.1