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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “luthern” 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
luthern	10	3	765	(None)
lutherns	11	3	629	1	lutherns
cithern	12	48	991	2	cithern
lather	9	51	2436	2	lather_
lathers	10	43	2188	2	lathers
lathery	13	39	1112	2	lathery
leathern	11	39	891	2	leathern
lethean	10	3	709	2	lethean
lither	9	45	2095	2	lither_
lucern	8	4	610	2	lu_cern
lusher	9	38	1876	2	lusher_
lutein	6	3	1126	2	lut_ein
luthier	10	3	823	2	luthier_
luthiers	11	3	516	2	luthiers
southern	11	43	891	2	southern
wuther	12	45	1161	2	wuther_
wuthers	13	37	1152	2	wuthers
zithern	19	44	702	2	zithern

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	18	3.190	33752.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.593	49733.1