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

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

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
zitherists	22	4	441	(None)
zitherist	21	4	660	1	zitherist_
ditheists	13	4	557	2	dithe_ists
atheists	11	3	871	3	_athe_ists
disherits	13	4	823	3	disheri_ts
ditheisms	15	4	489	3	dithe_isms
ditheist	12	4	949	3	dithe_ist_
euthenists	13	4	589	3	euthenists
inherits	11	3	1010	3	_inheri_ts
sitarists	9	4	937	3	sit_arists
theists	10	3	915	3	__the_ists
theorists	12	4	660	3	__theorists
tritheists	13	4	462	3	trithe_ists
witherite	15	4	669	3	witheri_te
witherites	16	4	597	3	witherites
zeitgeists	20	5	176	3	zeitge_ists
zitherns	20	37	613	3	zither__ns
zithers	19	39	1197	3	zither___s

Search took 7 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	140603	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	140603	18	5.750	24452.7
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	6.189	28872.4