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

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

13 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
catechist	16	5	680	(None)
catechise	16	4	494	1	catechise
catechism	18	4	472	1	catechism
catechists	17	4	446	1	catechists
catchiest	16	3	831	2	cat_chiest
catechin	15	4	681	2	catechi_n
catechins	16	4	664	2	catechins
catechised	18	4	311	2	catechised
catechises	17	4	491	2	catechises
catechisms	19	4	427	2	catechisms
catechistic	17	5	313	2	catechistic
catechize	25	4	447	2	catechize
catechus	15	4	482	2	catechus_

Search took 8 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	121436	0.783	228213.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	13	6.686	18162.7
3	Display Results	13	13	0.016	812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	7.485	23873.2