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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “potherb” 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
potherb	14	35	868	(None)
pother	11	38	1885	1	pother_
potherbs	15	38	712	1	potherbs
pothers	12	38	1862	1	pothers
bother	11	52	1806	2	bother_
bothers	12	43	1775	2	bothers
cowherb	17	3	510	2	cowherb
mother	11	37	1864	2	mother_
mothers	12	37	1762	2	mothers
mothery	15	37	1051	2	mothery
nother	9	38	1596	2	nother_
other	8	42	1910	2	_other_
others	9	39	1800	2	_others
posher	11	50	1816	2	posher_
pothead	13	38	1039	2	pothead
potheen	12	25	789	2	potheen
pothered	14	23	1104	2	pothered
potsherd	14	3	481	2	potsherd
potter	8	39	2698	2	potter_
potters	9	40	2434	2	potters
pottery	12	30	1107	2	pottery
potzer	17	44	1121	2	potzer_
potzers	18	40	1054	2	potzers
tother	9	41	1714	2	tother_

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	24	2.936	36672.7
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.296	54214.5