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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “northerns” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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56 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
northerns	12	4	493	(None)
northern	11	4	558	1	northern_
northers	11	3	933	1	norther_s
norther	10	3	973	2	norther__
northerly	15	4	352	2	northerly
southerns	12	34	721	2	southerns
bothers	12	43	1775	3	bo_ther_s
boxthorns	21	4	302	3	boxthorns
brothers	13	34	1083	3	brother_s
burthens	13	3	538	3	burthe_ns
citherns	13	33	887	3	_citherns
cothurns	13	4	452	3	co_thurns
frothers	14	27	981	3	frother_s
furthers	14	3	649	3	further_s
goatherds	14	4	420	3	goatherds
gorhens	11	3	718	3	gor_he_ns
loathers	11	33	1044	3	loather_s
lutherns	11	3	629	3	_lutherns
mothers	12	37	1762	3	mo_ther_s
mouthers	13	38	1130	3	mouther_s
murthers	13	3	654	3	murther_s
narthexes	19	4	387	3	narthexes
neatherds	13	9	577	3	neatherds
nocturns	10	4	373	3	noct_urns
northeast	12	6	654	3	northeast
northeasts	13	6	398	3	northeasts
northerlies	14	7	344	3	northerlies
northernmost	17	6	133	3	northernmost
northing	12	19	906	3	north_ing
northings	13	18	557	3	northings
northland	13	4	355	3	northland
northlands	14	4	318	3	northlands
norths	9	68	1232	3	north___s
northwards	17	5	297	3	northwards
northwests	16	5	287	3	northwests
noshers	10	36	1433	3	no_sher_s
notchers	13	27	942	3	notcher_s
noters	6	40	2100	3	no_t_er_s
nother	9	38	1596	3	no_ther__
nowheres	14	3	751	3	no_wheres
others	9	39	1800	3	_o_ther_s
porters	9	37	2270	3	port_er_s
portieres	11	3	821	3	portieres
posterns	10	27	1372	3	post_erns
potheens	13	26	648	3	po_theens
potherbs	15	38	712	3	po_therbs
pothers	12	38	1862	3	po_ther_s
shorthorns	16	4	361	3	shorthorns
snorters	8	34	1058	3	snort_er_s
soothers	11	39	1343	3	soother_s
sorters	7	42	2113	3	sort_er_s
southern	11	43	891	3	southern_
southers	11	42	1445	3	souther_s
torcheres	14	4	686	3	torcheres
youthens	14	3	538	3	youthe_ns
zitherns	20	37	613	3	_zitherns

Search took 8 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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	56	6.546	22707.1
3	Display Results	56	56	0.030	1866.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	56	6.999	25530.9