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

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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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110 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
gathers	11	43	1507	(None)
bathers	12	47	2036	1	bathers
fathers	13	39	1650	1	fathers
gaters	7	47	2864	1	gat_ers
gather	10	41	1586	1	gather_
lathers	10	43	2188	1	lathers
aethers	10	36	1494	2	aethers
anthers	10	37	1520	2	anthers
bashers	12	48	2083	2	bashers
batchers	15	36	1327	2	batchers
bather	11	53	2251	2	bather_
bathes	11	65	2483	2	bathe_s
batters	9	46	2602	2	batters
blathers	13	47	1379	2	blathers
bothers	12	43	1775	2	bothers
catchers	15	31	1406	2	catchers
caters	8	53	3650	2	cat_ers
cithers	12	43	1577	2	cithers
dashers	11	50	1686	2	dashers
daters	7	48	2737	2	dat_ers
dithers	11	40	1615	2	dithers
eaters	6	55	3595	2	eat_ers
ethers	9	45	1841	2	_ethers
father	12	51	1671	2	father_
feathers	14	35	1324	2	feathers
gabbers	12	46	1283	2	gabbers
gadders	10	36	1150	2	gadders
gaffers	14	42	871	2	gaffers
gagers	8	40	2133	2	ga_gers
gaggers	10	34	1366	2	gaggers
gainers	8	42	1459	2	gainers
gaiters	8	35	1654	2	gaiters
gamers	9	44	2083	2	ga_mers
gammers	12	32	1456	2	gammers
ganders	9	35	2170	2	ganders
gangers	9	44	1860	2	gangers
gaolers	8	35	1156	2	gaolers
gapers	9	45	2047	2	ga_pers
garners	8	38	1599	2	garners
garters	8	42	1825	2	garters
gasher	10	43	2037	2	gasher_
gashes	10	57	2515	2	gashe_s
gaspers	10	50	1413	2	gaspers
gassers	8	47	1463	2	gassers
gasters	8	56	2430	2	gasters
gater	6	45	3365	2	gat_er_
gates	6	59	3951	2	gat_e_s
gathered	13	14	938	2	gathered
gatherer	12	14	791	2	gatherer
gatherers	13	15	689	2	gatherers
gators	7	41	1584	2	gat_ors
gaugers	9	42	1171	2	gaugers
gawkers	15	34	745	2	gawkers
gawpers	13	44	831	2	gawpers
gazers	16	45	1630	2	ga_zers
getters	8	42	1610	2	getters
goatherd	13	3	526	2	goatherd
goatherds	14	4	420	2	goatherds
gophers	13	3	898	2	gophers
graters	8	54	1974	2	grat_ers
gushers	11	35	1251	2	gushers
gutters	8	37	1551	2	gutters
hatchers	16	31	1317	2	hatchers
haters	9	49	3040	2	hat_ers
hatters	10	42	2152	2	hatters
heathers	14	39	1473	2	heathers
ingathers	13	4	445	2	ingathers
kashers	14	39	1402	2	kashers
lashers	10	41	2183	2	lashers
lather	9	51	2436	2	lather_
lathery	13	39	1112	2	lathery
lathes	9	51	2750	2	lathe_s
leathers	11	42	1508	2	leathers
loathers	11	33	1044	2	loathers
mashers	12	46	2105	2	mashers
matchers	15	30	1243	2	matchers
maters	8	50	3239	2	mat_ers
matters	9	44	2175	2	matters
mithers	12	35	1673	2	mithers
mothers	12	37	1762	2	mothers
natters	7	37	1806	2	natters
oaters	6	50	2979	2	oat_ers
others	9	39	1800	2	_others
panthers	13	5	1078	2	panthers
patchers	15	34	1330	2	patchers
paters	8	49	3584	2	pat_ers
patters	9	48	2519	2	patters
patzers	18	42	1057	2	patzers
pothers	12	38	1862	2	pothers
rashers	10	40	2091	2	rashers
raters	6	39	3658	2	rat_ers
rather	9	43	1974	2	rather_
ratters	7	44	2247	2	ratters
regathers	13	3	635	2	regathers
slathers	11	39	1478	2	slathers
swathers	14	45	1208	2	swathers
taters	6	49	3220	2	tat_ers
tatters	7	45	2048	2	tatters
tethers	10	38	1531	2	tethers
tithers	10	42	1673	2	tithers
upgathers	15	8	253	2	upgathers
washers	13	45	1752	2	washers
watchers	16	35	1179	2	watchers
waters	9	50	3064	2	wat_ers
weathers	14	34	1283	2	weathers
wethers	13	52	1469	2	wethers
withers	13	44	1775	2	withers
wuthers	13	37	1152	2	wuthers
yatters	10	39	1462	2	yatters
zithers	19	39	1197	2	zithers

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	110	3.236	33272.9
3	Display Results	110	110	0.030	3666.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	110	3.639	49104.4