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

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

14 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
fathoms	15	3	752	(None)
fathom	14	3	747	1	fathom_
atoms	7	68	1756	2	_at_oms
bathos	11	62	1563	2	batho_s
fandoms	13	22	947	2	fandoms
fantoms	12	18	915	2	fantoms
fathers	13	39	1650	2	fathers
fathomed	17	4	473	2	fathomed
fathomer	16	4	529	2	fathomer
fathomers	17	4	494	2	fathomers
fatsoes	10	37	942	2	fatsoes
fatsos	9	38	942	2	fatso_s
fatuous	10	3	778	2	fatuous
pathos	11	55	1669	2	patho_s

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	107671	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	14	3.233	33303.7
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	3.373	52976.9