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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “woolgathering” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

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45 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
woolgathering	21	6	97	(None)
woolgatherings	22	7	78	1	woolgatherings
foregathering	21	5	195	3	foregathering
forgathering	20	5	219	3	_forgathering
woolgatherer	19	6	54	3	woolgather_er
woolgatherers	20	6	46	3	woolgatherers
blathering	16	10	758	4	__bl_athering
gathering	14	9	946	4	____gathering
godfathering	21	5	146	4	_godfathering
ingathering	16	10	301	4	__ingathering
lathering	13	9	1225	4	___l_athering
leathering	14	8	868	4	___leathering
regathering	16	4	520	4	__regathering
slathering	14	10	828	4	__sl_athering
upgathering	18	4	220	4	__upgathering
weathering	17	9	835	4	w___eathering
blattering	13	10	872	5	__bl_attering
blethering	16	11	593	5	__bl_ethering
blithering	16	11	612	5	__bl_ithering
bolstering	13	4	688	5	_bol_st_ering
bothering	15	22	1020	5	_bo___thering
brothering	16	4	603	5	bro___thering
clattering	13	10	923	5	__cl_attering
fathering	16	10	1009	5	____fathering
feathering	17	10	879	5	___feathering
flattering	14	9	874	5	__fl_attering
gatherings	15	10	530	5	____gatherings
godmothering	20	5	157	5	_godmothering
holstering	14	4	708	5	_hol_st_ering
ingatherings	17	10	160	5	__ingatherings
mothering	15	21	1018	5	_mo___thering
pothering	15	19	1128	5	_po___thering
scouthering	17	4	348	5	sco__uthering
slithering	14	9	689	5	__sl_ithering
sloganeering	14	5	164	5	slo_ganeering
smothering	16	4	601	5	smo___thering
splattering	14	5	454	5	_spl_attering
unflattering	16	7	204	5	unfl_attering
volunteering	16	5	215	5	_volunteering
wallpapering	20	6	112	5	wallpa_pering
watering	12	23	1632	5	w____at_ering
weatherings	18	9	526	5	w___eatherings
weltering	13	21	949	5	w_el__t_ering
withering	16	10	881	5	w____ithering
wuthering	16	9	780	5	w____uthering

Search took 9 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	124790	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	124790	45	7.656	16299.6
3	Display Results	45	45	0.030	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	45	8.076	22126.2