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

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

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83 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
whitter	13	91	1089	(None)
chitter	12	41	1296	1	chitter
hitter	9	44	1986	1	_hitter
whetter	13	34	880	1	whetter
whiter	12	43	1639	1	whi_ter
whither	16	35	1025	1	whither
whitier	13	33	1106	1	whitier
whitters	14	35	940	1	whitters
whittler	14	9	519	1	whittler
bitter	8	46	2267	2	_bitter
chatter	12	44	1664	2	chatter
chitters	13	37	1117	2	chitters
critter	9	41	1303	2	critter
emitter	9	32	1108	2	emitter
fitter	9	41	2003	2	_fitter
flitter	10	34	1390	2	flitter
fritter	10	39	1277	2	fritter
glitter	8	42	1180	2	glitter
gritter	8	39	1335	2	gritter
hatter	9	47	2487	2	_hatter
hinter	9	40	2130	2	_hinter
hither	12	44	1725	2	_hither
hitters	10	47	1759	2	_hitters
hotter	9	47	2008	2	_hotter
jitter	13	33	1499	2	_jitter
knitter	11	34	813	2	knitter
litter	6	43	2485	2	_litter
omitter	9	29	850	2	omitter
phatter	12	38	1020	2	phatter
philter	12	10	821	2	philter
quitter	16	29	1075	2	quitter
ritter	6	38	2242	2	_ritter
shatter	10	36	1570	2	shatter
shifter	13	29	1108	2	shifter
shitted	11	42	1205	2	shitted
shittier	11	3	731	2	shittier
shutter	10	37	1214	2	shutter
sitter	6	33	2338	2	_sitter
skitter	11	38	1040	2	skitter
slitter	7	36	1587	2	slitter
spitter	9	40	1518	2	spitter
thither	13	32	810	2	thither
titter	6	34	2116	2	_titter
twitter	10	27	809	2	twitter
waister	10	38	1238	2	waister
waiter	9	43	2125	2	wai_ter
watter	9	32	2198	2	w_atter
wetter	9	39	1944	2	w_etter
whether	16	34	662	2	whether
whetted	14	25	669	2	whetted
whetters	14	24	665	2	whetters
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
whisker	17	36	793	2	whisker
whisper	15	29	801	2	whisper
whisted	14	40	1001	2	whisted
whistler	14	9	631	2	whistler
white	11	49	2030	2	whi_te_
whited	13	48	1408	2	whi_ted
whiten	12	41	1192	2	whi_ten
whitener	14	3	573	2	whitener
whites	12	39	1988	2	whi_tes
whitey	15	49	1188	2	whi_tey
whities	13	31	1325	2	whities
whittle	13	10	610	2	whittle
whittled	15	9	491	2	whittled
whittlers	15	9	433	2	whittlers
whittles	14	9	667	2	whittles
whittret	14	4	589	2	whittret
whizzer	21	3	458	2	whizzer
winter	9	42	2280	2	w_inter
wither	12	43	2135	2	w_ither
witted	10	42	1681	2	w_itted
wittier	10	39	1082	2	w_ittier
writer	9	44	1651	2	wri_ter
writher	13	40	1085	2	writher
written	10	33	634	2	written

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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	83	3.470	31029.1
3	Display Results	83	83	0.030	2766.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	83	3.876	46101.9