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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “kythed” 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
kythed	17	40	731	(None)
kithed	14	46	1301	1	kithed
kythe	15	50	967	1	kythe_
kythes	16	49	913	1	kythes
tythed	13	45	750	1	tythed
bathed	12	55	1874	2	bathed
kited	10	51	2009	2	kit_ed
kithe	12	59	1745	2	kithe_
kithes	13	50	1665	2	kithes
kitted	11	51	1483	2	kitted
kyte	11	70	1776	2	kyt_e_
kytes	12	50	1291	2	kyt_es
lathed	10	47	1846	2	lathed
pithed	12	46	1561	2	pithed
scythed	16	38	530	2	scythed
tithed	10	41	1559	2	tithed
tythe	11	52	1045	2	tythe_
tythes	12	41	970	2	tythes
withed	13	44	1623	2	withed
wyted	12	52	947	2	wyt_ed

Search took 3 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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	20	2.466	33475.7
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	2.842	62875.1