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

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

24 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
outhear	10	9	1060	(None)
outheard	12	8	854	1	outheard
outhears	11	8	1038	1	outhears
outwear	10	9	771	1	outwear
couther	12	39	1462	2	couthe_r
mouther	12	38	1281	2	mouthe_r
other	8	42	1910	2	o_the_r
outbeam	11	3	797	2	outbeam
outcheat	13	4	941	2	outcheat
outearn	7	3	1068	2	out_earn
outeat	6	28	2453	2	out_eat
outer	5	56	3330	2	out_e_r
outlead	8	33	1110	2	outlead
outleap	9	29	829	2	outleap
outlearn	8	3	643	2	outlearn
outread	8	28	1109	2	outread
outroar	7	3	951	2	outroar
outsoar	7	3	949	2	outsoar
outswear	11	4	479	2	outswear
outwar	9	10	1151	2	out_war
outwears	11	9	726	2	outwears
outweary	14	8	539	2	outweary
souther	10	41	1630	2	southe_r
wuther	12	45	1161	2	wuthe_r

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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	3.423	31455.2
3	Display Results	24	24	0.013	1846.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.559	50208.2