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

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

21 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
authors	10	3	1185	(None)
author	9	3	976	1	author_
abhors	11	4	1062	2	a_bhors
actors	8	10	1677	2	act_ors
aethers	10	36	1494	2	aethers
althorn	10	4	776	2	althorn
althorns	11	4	673	2	althorns
anchors	12	39	1295	2	anchors
anthers	10	37	1520	2	anthers
auteurs	7	13	750	2	auteurs
authored	12	3	826	2	authored
authoress	12	4	517	2	authoress
authorise	12	4	802	2	authorise
autos	5	65	2332	2	aut_o_s
coauthors	14	4	431	2	coauthors
futhorc	15	4	431	2	futhorc
futhorcs	16	4	354	2	futhorcs
futhork	17	4	510	2	futhork
futhorks	18	4	460	2	futhorks
tutors	6	9	1233	2	tut_ors
wuthers	13	37	1152	2	wuthers

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.406	31612.2
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.795	47085.9