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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “athwartship” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

14 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
athwartship	22	6	148	(None)
athwartships	23	6	139	1	athwartships
arhatship	17	5	414	3	arh_a_tship
stewardship	20	6	163	3	stewardship
arhatships	18	5	392	4	arh_a_tships
athwart	13	4	868	4	athwart____
authorship	18	11	463	4	auth_or_ship
hardship	17	4	604	4	__h_ardship
starship	13	4	814	4	st__ar_ship
stewardships	21	6	157	4	stewardships
thaneship	17	5	446	4	_th_aneship
thwarts	13	4	502	4	_thwarts___
wardship	17	4	489	4	___wardship
warship	15	4	784	4	___war_ship

Search took 10 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	148819	0.466	383457.1
2	DLD Change Limit	148819	14	9.313	15979.7
3	Display Results	14	14	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	9.779	18272.9