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

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

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.

15 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
hither	12	44	1725	(None)
cither	11	46	1668	1	cither
dither	10	44	1768	1	dither
either	9	45	1742	1	either
higher	13	46	1089	1	higher
hitcher	15	37	1200	1	hitcher
hitter	9	44	1986	1	hitter
ither	8	46	1760	1	_ither
lither	9	45	2095	1	lither
mither	11	42	1856	1	mither
thither	13	32	810	1	thither
tither	9	49	2028	1	tither
whither	16	35	1025	1	whither
wither	12	43	2135	1	wither
zither	18	38	1308	1	zither

Search took 2 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	48755	0.296	603685.8
2	DLD Change Limit	48755	15	1.626	29984.6
3	Display Results	15	15	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	1.922	92971.4