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

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

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.

12 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
berthas	12	39	876	(None)
bertha	11	42	917	1	bertha_
berths	11	47	1242	1	berth_s
benthal	12	4	796	2	benthal
benthos	12	3	837	2	benthos
berettas	10	4	673	2	berettas
berth	10	49	1788	2	berth__
berthed	13	25	912	2	berthed
betas	7	55	2876	2	be_t_as
beths	10	55	1922	2	be_th_s
bettas	8	49	1392	2	be_ttas
births	11	57	1360	2	birth_s

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	12	3.030	35535.0
3	Display Results	12	12	0.016	750.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	3.422	52218.3