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

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

23 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
feathery	17	36	807	(None)
feather	13	36	1350	1	feather_
feathers	14	35	1324	1	feathers
heathery	17	34	908	1	heathery
leathery	14	43	897	1	leathery
eatery	9	53	1635	2	_eat_ery
father	12	51	1671	2	f_ather_
fatherly	17	4	507	2	f_atherly
fathers	13	39	1650	2	f_athers
feater	9	52	2405	2	feat_er_
feathered	16	18	889	2	feathered
flattery	14	33	829	2	flattery
heathenry	18	4	340	2	heathenry
heather	13	39	1485	2	heather_
heathers	14	39	1473	2	heathers
lathery	13	39	1112	2	_lathery
leather	10	38	1578	2	leather_
leathern	11	39	891	2	leathern
leathers	11	42	1508	2	leathers
neatherd	12	10	719	2	neatherd
weather	13	35	1322	2	weather_
weatherly	18	4	440	2	weatherly
weathers	14	34	1283	2	weathers

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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	23	3.720	32542.7
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.873	46137.6