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

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

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64 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
drouthier	13	4	303	(None)
couthier	13	21	891	2	_couthier
doughier	13	3	548	2	d_oughier
droughtier	15	4	261	2	droughtier
drouthiest	14	4	391	2	drouthiest
frothier	14	3	595	2	fro_thier
grouchier	15	4	384	2	grouchier
groutier	9	29	717	2	grout_ier
growthier	16	4	220	2	growthier
mouthier	13	20	817	2	_mouthier
troutier	8	27	715	2	trout_ier
breathier	14	3	538	3	breathier
brother	12	33	1133	3	bro_th_er
brushier	13	30	697	3	br_ushier
clothier	13	3	536	3	clo_thier
couther	12	39	1463	3	_couth_er
couthie	12	18	1055	3	_couthie_
croupier	12	4	689	3	crou_pier
dotier	7	39	1703	3	d_o_t_ier
dottier	8	39	1092	3	d_o_ttier
doughtier	14	4	346	3	d_oughtier
draftier	12	8	526	3	draft_ier
draughtier	15	4	244	3	draughtier
driftier	12	7	512	3	drift_ier
droolier	9	3	607	3	dro_olier
droopier	11	4	557	3	dro_opier
drossier	9	5	632	3	dro_ssier
drouth	10	44	1010	3	drouth___
drouths	11	43	648	3	drouth__s
drouthy	14	39	517	3	drouth__y
drowsier	12	8	491	3	dro_wsier
druggier	11	13	483	3	dr_uggier
drumlier	11	3	452	3	dr_umlier
druthers	12	7	579	3	dr_uth_ers
frontier	11	4	731	3	front_ier
frostier	11	4	816	3	frost_ier
frother	13	31	1015	3	fro_th_er
frouzier	20	4	370	3	frou_zier
goutier	8	26	1235	3	_gout_ier
grottier	9	31	667	3	gro_ttier
grouter	8	44	1252	3	grout__er
luthier	10	3	823	3	__luthier
mothier	12	19	1021	3	_mo_thier
mouther	12	38	1281	3	_mouth_er
outlier	7	22	1614	3	__outlier
pouchier	15	4	680	3	_pouchier
poutier	9	32	1532	3	_pout_ier
rootier	7	49	1539	3	_root_ier
roturier	8	3	603	3	_roturier
rougher	11	35	1103	3	_rough_er
roughies	12	9	832	3	_roughies
roupier	9	31	949	3	_rou_pier
router	6	50	2584	3	_rout__er
rushier	10	34	1197	3	_r_ushier
ruttier	7	34	1228	3	_r_uttier
scouther	13	5	694	3	scouth_er
slouchier	14	4	360	3	slouchier
sloughier	13	4	367	3	sloughier
snoutier	8	20	697	3	snout_ier
souther	10	41	1630	3	_south_er
toothier	11	3	642	3	_toothier
touchier	13	4	738	3	_touchier
worthier	14	3	671	3	_worthier
wrathier	14	3	590	3	wr_athier

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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	64	6.483	22927.8
3	Display Results	64	64	0.030	2133.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	64	6.936	25762.8