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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “diathermy” 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.

20 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
diathermy	18	4	257	(None)
diathermic	18	5	318	2	diathermic
dithery	14	31	894	2	di_ther_y
diablery	14	4	323	3	diabler_y
diathermies	17	5	326	3	diathermies
diatheses	13	4	589	3	diatheses
diathesis	13	4	553	3	diathesis
diathetic	15	4	681	3	diathetic
diether	11	4	744	3	diether__
diethers	12	5	745	3	diether_s
dither	10	44	1768	3	di_ther__
dithered	13	18	929	3	di_thered
ditherer	12	18	776	3	di_therer
dithers	11	40	1615	3	di_ther_s
fatherly	17	4	507	3	_fatherly
feathery	17	36	807	3	feather_y
heathery	17	34	908	3	heather_y
lathery	13	39	1112	3	_lather_y
leathery	14	43	897	3	leather_y
weatherly	18	4	440	3	weatherly

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	148641	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	20	6.453	23034.4
3	Display Results	20	20	0.013	1538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	6.872	26002.8