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

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

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
leathering	14	8	868	(None)
feathering	17	10	879	1	feathering
lathering	13	9	1225	1	l_athering
weathering	17	9	835	1	weathering
blathering	16	10	758	2	blathering
blethering	16	11	593	2	ble_thering
fathering	16	10	1009	2	_fathering
featherings	18	10	537	2	featherings
gathering	14	9	946	2	_gathering
leaguering	12	4	381	2	leaguering
leathern	11	39	891	2	leather_n_
lechering	15	3	844	2	le_chering
lettering	10	21	1207	2	le_ttering
regathering	16	4	520	2	regathering
slathering	14	10	828	2	slathering
tethering	13	3	913	2	te_thering
weatherings	18	9	526	2	weatherings

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	108824	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	17	3.390	32101.5
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.766	47448.5