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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “higher” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

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63 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
higher	13	46	1089	(None)
hither	12	44	1725	1	hither
nigher	10	36	1275	1	nigher
sigher	10	38	1370	1	sigher
bigger	10	43	1506	2	bigger
chigger	14	3	600	2	chigger
cipher	13	37	1026	2	cipher
cither	11	46	1668	2	cither
digger	9	46	1608	2	digger
dither	10	44	1768	2	dither
either	9	45	1742	2	either
fighter	14	30	1077	2	fighter
fisher	12	49	1714	2	fisher
gighe	10	13	973	2	gighe_
hider	9	50	2409	2	hi_der
higgler	12	36	980	2	higgler
high	11	66	1993	2	high__
highest	14	3	956	2	highest
highly	16	3	682	2	highly
highs	12	54	1252	2	high_s
hight	12	53	2723	2	high_t
highted	15	27	1016	2	highted
highth	12	38	915	2	highth
hights	13	37	1689	2	hights
hiker	12	51	1939	2	hi_ker
hiller	9	44	2163	2	hiller
hinder	10	41	2006	2	hinder
hinger	10	47	2333	2	hinger
hinter	9	40	2130	2	hinter
hipper	13	38	1802	2	hipper
hirer	8	54	2312	2	hi_rer
hisser	9	47	1379	2	hisser
hitcher	15	37	1200	2	hitcher
hitter	9	44	1986	2	hitter
hogger	11	46	1508	2	hogger
huger	9	49	1487	2	hug_er
hugger	11	47	1312	2	hugger
ither	8	46	1760	2	_ither
jigger	15	53	1305	2	jigger
liger	6	50	2447	2	lig_er
lighter	11	31	1344	2	lighter
lither	9	45	2095	2	lither
mither	11	42	1856	2	mither
nigger	8	97	1357	2	nigger
nighed	11	38	1129	2	nighed
pisher	11	43	1775	2	pisher
richer	11	40	1504	2	richer
rigger	8	56	1671	2	rigger
righter	11	32	1238	2	righter
sighed	11	37	1205	2	sighed
sighers	11	37	1218	2	sighers
sighter	11	34	1211	2	sighter
signer	7	40	1563	2	signer
thighed	15	3	527	2	thighed
thither	13	32	810	2	thither
tiger	6	57	1863	2	tig_er
tighter	11	29	1069	2	tighter
tither	9	49	2028	2	tither
weigher	14	13	634	2	weigher
whither	16	35	1025	2	whither
wisher	12	36	1706	2	wisher
wither	12	43	2135	2	wither
zither	18	38	1308	2	zither

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	63	2.610	31628.7
3	Display Results	63	63	0.033	1909.1
	(SQL Overall)	178691	63	3.016	59247.7