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

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

22 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
earthen	10	3	925	(None)
earthed	11	3	992	1	earthed
earthmen	13	4	639	1	earthmen
burthen	12	3	636	2	burthen
earth	8	50	2305	2	earth__
earthier	11	3	744	2	earthier
earthing	12	3	1032	2	earthing
earthly	13	38	738	2	earthly
earthman	13	4	647	2	earthman
earthpea	13	4	342	2	earthpea
earths	9	50	1459	2	earth_s
earthset	11	4	1082	2	earthset
earthy	12	39	994	2	earth_y
eaten	5	53	2305	2	ea_t_en
farther	13	4	834	2	farther
harshen	13	3	928	2	harshen
hearten	10	24	1175	2	heart_en
heathen	13	34	1089	2	hea_then
larchen	12	47	962	2	larchen
marchen	14	33	1207	2	marchen
marten	8	45	1826	2	mart_en
narthex	17	3	426	2	narthex

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	107671	0.266	671770.7
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	7.233	14886.1
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	7.515	23777.9