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

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

21 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
churches	18	4	643	(None)
churched	19	3	465	1	churched
curches	14	35	1274	1	c_urches
chinches	18	36	937	2	chinches
church	16	3	648	2	church__
churchier	19	4	415	2	churchier
churchiest	20	4	405	2	churchiest
churchless	20	11	249	2	churchless
churchly	21	4	297	2	churchly
churchmen	21	4	292	2	churchmen
churchy	20	4	418	2	church_y
clutches	15	30	792	2	clutches
couches	14	40	2047	2	cou_ches
crunches	15	37	1135	2	crunches
crutches	15	35	959	2	crutches
culches	14	37	1074	2	c_ulches
cutches	14	32	1646	2	c_utches
hunches	15	39	1346	2	_hunches
hutches	15	36	1352	2	_hutches
lurches	12	33	1166	2	_lurches
unchurches	20	5	238	2	unchurches

Search took 5 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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	4.140	29241.3
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.546	39307.3