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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “ethyls” 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
ethyls	12	3	590	(None)
ethyl	11	3	651	1	ethyl_
methyls	15	3	545	1	methyls
bethels	12	3	853	2	bethels
ethers	9	45	1841	2	ethers
ethics	11	16	928	2	ethics
ethinyls	14	4	287	2	ethinyls
ethnos	9	4	705	2	ethnos
ethos	8	55	1419	2	eth_os
ethoxyls	21	4	221	2	ethoxyls
eths	7	66	1952	2	eth__s
ethylic	15	4	632	2	ethylic
ethyne	12	40	715	2	ethyne
ethynes	13	37	757	2	ethynes
ethynyls	17	4	187	2	ethynyls
lethals	10	3	811	2	lethals
methyl	14	3	640	2	methyl_
tetryls	10	3	464	2	tetryls

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	82551	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	18	2.643	31233.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	2.999	59583.5