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

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

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67 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
whither	16	35	1025	(None)
hither	12	44	1725	1	_hither
thither	13	32	810	1	thither
whether	16	34	662	1	whether
whiter	12	43	1639	1	whit_er
whitier	13	33	1106	1	whitier
whitter	13	91	1089	1	whitter
wither	12	43	2135	1	w_ither
writher	13	40	1085	1	writher
blither	12	48	1217	2	blither
chitter	12	41	1296	2	chitter
cither	11	46	1668	2	_cither
dither	10	44	1768	2	_dither
either	9	45	1742	2	_either
higher	13	46	1089	2	_higher
hitcher	15	37	1200	2	_hitcher
hitter	9	44	1986	2	_hitter
ither	8	46	1760	2	__ither
lither	9	45	2095	2	_lither
mither	11	42	1856	2	_mither
neither	10	3	757	2	neither
nowhither	18	4	196	2	nowhither
slither	10	41	1298	2	slither
swither	13	37	1099	2	swither
tither	9	49	2028	2	_tither
waiter	9	43	2125	2	wait_er
weather	13	35	1322	2	weather
weigher	14	13	634	2	weigher
wether	12	33	1539	2	w_ether
whetter	13	34	880	2	whetter
whicker	19	35	977	2	whicker
whiffer	19	10	532	2	whiffer
whimper	17	29	772	2	whimper
whiner	12	45	1663	2	whi_ner
whinger	14	108	1091	2	whinger
whinier	13	41	1063	2	whinier
whipper	17	36	1138	2	whipper
whirler	13	30	760	2	whirler
whished	17	42	802	2	whished
whishes	16	30	944	2	whishes
whisker	17	36	793	2	whisker
whisper	15	29	801	2	whisper
whistler	14	9	631	2	whistler
white	11	49	2030	2	whit_e_
whited	13	48	1408	2	whit_ed
whiten	12	41	1192	2	whit_en
whitener	14	3	573	2	whitener
whites	12	39	1988	2	whit_es
whitey	15	49	1188	2	whit_ey
whities	13	31	1325	2	whities
whitters	14	35	940	2	whitters
whittler	14	9	519	2	whittler
whizzer	21	3	458	2	whizzer
wisher	12	36	1706	2	w_isher
withe	11	52	2023	2	w_ithe_
withed	13	44	1623	2	w_ithed
withers	13	44	1775	2	w_ithers
withes	12	46	2084	2	w_ithes
withier	13	29	1049	2	w_ithier
writer	9	44	1651	2	writ_er
writhe	12	53	1070	2	writhe_
writhed	14	38	962	2	writhed
writhen	13	40	786	2	writhen
writhers	14	39	898	2	writhers
writhes	13	48	1170	2	writhes
wuther	12	45	1161	2	w_uther
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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	67	3.063	35152.1
3	Display Results	67	67	0.033	2030.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	67	3.469	51510.8