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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “aetheric” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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80 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
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(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
aetheric	13	4	1016	(None)
etheric	12	3	1178	1	_etheric
aesthetic	14	9	784	2	aesthetic
aether	9	42	1367	2	aether__
aethers	10	36	1494	2	aether_s
anthemic	15	4	1032	2	anthemic
antherid	12	6	1109	2	antherid
aspheric	15	4	798	2	aspheric
asthenic	13	7	863	2	asthenic
hetaeric	13	4	676	2	hetaeric
aesthesia	12	4	594	3	aesthesia
aesthetics	15	9	581	3	aesthetics
aethereal	12	4	459	3	aethereal
alchemic	17	4	525	3	alchemic
anesthetic	15	9	648	3	anesthetic
anthelia	11	4	911	3	anthelia
anthelix	18	4	592	3	anthelix
anthemia	13	4	919	3	anthemia
anther	9	37	1506	3	anther__
antheral	11	4	939	3	antheral
antherids	13	6	872	3	antherids
anthers	10	37	1520	3	anther_s
anthesis	11	3	1250	3	anthesis
antiheroic	15	5	638	3	antiheroic
antimeric	13	4	1041	3	antimeric
apathetic	16	4	785	3	apathetic
aphetic	14	29	1285	3	a_phetic
apteria	9	3	1291	3	apt_eria
asteria	7	3	1618	3	ast_eria
asthenia	11	6	771	3	asthenia
asthenics	14	8	640	3	asthenics
atelic	8	3	1370	3	a_t_elic
athletic	13	11	865	3	a_thletic
atresic	9	3	1000	3	a_tresic
atretic	9	3	1392	3	a_tretic
authentic	14	4	626	3	authentic
bathetic	15	4	858	3	bathetic
deuteric	11	4	634	3	deuteric
enteric	9	3	1421	3	_enteric
enthetic	13	11	1061	3	enthetic
ephebic	16	4	651	3	_ephebic
esthetic	13	11	977	3	esthetic
ether	8	45	1877	3	_ether__
etherify	17	4	444	3	_etherify
etherish	14	4	827	3	_etherish
etherize	20	4	946	3	_etherize
ethers	9	45	1841	3	_ether_s
ethic	10	15	1122	3	_eth__ic
ethnic	11	4	885	3	_eth_nic
ethylic	15	4	632	3	_ethylic
generic	10	13	1075	3	ge_neric
icteric	11	3	802	3	ict_eric
lethargic	15	5	215	3	lethargic
lithemic	15	4	559	3	lithemic
mesmeric	14	4	581	3	mesmeric
metameric	15	4	620	3	metameric
meteoric	12	4	730	3	meteoric
methodic	16	5	691	3	methodic
methylic	18	4	600	3	methylic
metric	10	3	1467	3	met__ric
neoteric	10	4	785	3	neoteric
nephric	14	4	621	3	neph_ric
nether	9	40	1416	3	nether__
pathetic	15	4	1096	3	pathetic
plethoric	16	4	465	3	plethoric
ruthenic	13	4	513	3	ruthenic
spheric	14	5	1007	3	_spheric
steric	8	3	1706	3	_st_eric
sthenic	12	6	890	3	_sthenic
tether	9	37	1610	3	tether__
tethered	12	3	849	3	tethered
tethering	13	3	913	3	tethering
tethers	10	38	1531	3	tether_s
theriac	12	3	914	3	__theriac
thermic	14	3	933	3	__thermic
thetic	11	4	1289	3	__thetic
thoric	11	43	1404	3	__thoric
ureteric	10	4	623	3	uret_eric
wether	12	33	1539	3	wether__
wethers	13	52	1469	3	wether_s

Search took 8 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	146162	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	80	7.016	20832.7
3	Display Results	80	80	0.030	2666.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	80	7.466	23934.0