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

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

24 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
chetah	14	39	958	(None)
cheetah	15	4	545	1	cheetah
chetahs	15	34	707	1	chetahs
cheth	13	50	1382	1	chet_h
chaeta	11	3	1068	2	chaeta_
chaetae	12	3	860	2	chaetae
chaetal	12	3	828	2	chaetal
chalah	14	35	1166	2	chalah
cheap	12	69	1594	2	che_ap
cheat	10	57	3245	2	che_at
cheats	11	45	1954	2	cheats
cheetahs	16	4	378	2	cheetahs
chela	10	39	1680	2	chela_
chelae	11	36	1460	2	chelae
chelas	11	38	1720	2	chelas
cheths	14	38	982	2	cheths
chital	11	43	1388	2	chital
heath	11	57	2428	2	_heath
heth	10	70	2802	2	_het_h
khedah	17	4	364	2	khedah
kheth	15	50	975	2	khet_h
sheath	12	4	1289	2	sheath
theta	8	34	1457	2	theta_
thetas	9	30	1157	2	thetas

Search took 3 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	82551	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	24	2.250	36689.3
3	Display Results	24	24	0.016	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	2.609	68490.2