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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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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
bathwaters	18	4	353	(None)
bathwater	17	4	436	1	bathwater_
backwaters	21	9	516	2	backwaters
backwater	20	9	675	3	backwater_
barraters	11	3	804	3	ba_rraters
bathers	12	47	2036	3	bath___ers
bathmats	15	4	593	3	bathmat__s
batters	9	46	2602	3	bat___ters
blackwaters	22	10	314	3	blackwaters
catheters	14	3	702	3	cath_eters
cutwaters	14	4	361	3	cut_waters
dishwaters	17	4	402	3	dishwaters
rainwaters	13	4	373	3	rainwaters
saturaters	10	4	556	3	saturaters
tailwaters	13	4	351	3	tailwaters
theaters	11	42	1190	3	__theaters
thwarters	15	4	284	3	__thwarters
wastewaters	17	14	251	3	wastewaters

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	5.923	23738.5
3	Display Results	18	18	0.013	1384.6
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	6.359	28100.5