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

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

18 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
zitherns	20	37	613	(None)
citherns	13	33	887	1	citherns
zithern	19	44	702	1	zithern_
zithers	19	39	1197	1	zither_s
bitterns	10	42	895	2	bitterns
cithern	12	48	991	2	cithern_
cithers	12	43	1577	2	cither_s
cithrens	13	35	593	2	cithrens
citterns	10	31	812	2	citterns
dithers	11	40	1615	2	dither_s
gitterns	9	32	657	2	gitterns
lutherns	11	3	629	2	lutherns
mithers	12	35	1673	2	mither_s
sithens	10	3	938	2	sithe_ns
tithers	10	42	1673	2	tither_s
withers	13	44	1775	2	wither_s
zither	18	38	1308	2	zither__
zitherist	21	4	660	2	zitherist

Search took 5 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	121059	0.813	219792.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.546	34139.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	4.375	40843.7