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

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

15 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
caleche	14	29	795	(None)
caleches	15	26	994	1	caleches
caliche	14	32	996	1	caliche
acalephe	15	5	273	2	acalephe
cache	12	51	2248	2	ca__che
caliches	15	38	1227	2	caliches
calicle	11	31	1143	2	calicle
calycle	14	24	583	2	calycle
capuche	16	4	443	2	capuche
caroche	14	6	924	2	caroche
catechu	14	4	447	2	catechu
cliche	13	37	1245	2	c_liche
cloche	13	43	1237	2	c_loche
creche	13	3	1076	2	c_reche
fleche	14	29	930	2	_fleche

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	15	3.546	30364.1
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.922	45561.2