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

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

20 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
clothier	13	3	536	(None)
clothiers	14	4	342	1	clothiers
blotchier	16	4	321	2	blotchier
blottier	10	33	641	2	blottier
cloddier	12	3	406	2	cloddier
cloggier	12	4	425	2	cloggier
clothe	11	47	1299	2	cloth_e_
clothed	13	40	1028	2	cloth_ed
clothes	12	45	1381	2	cloth_es
clothing	14	27	878	2	clothing
cloudier	11	3	505	2	cloudier
cottier	9	38	1417	2	c_ottier
couthier	13	21	891	2	couthier
frothier	14	3	595	2	frothier
lathier	10	3	1083	2	_lathier
luthier	10	3	823	2	_luthier
mothier	12	19	1021	2	_mothier
plottier	10	32	726	2	plottier
sloshier	11	3	528	2	sloshier
toothier	11	3	642	2	toothier

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	121059	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	20	3.296	36729.1
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	3.735	47842.3