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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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40 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
dowitcher	18	4	259	(None)
dowitchers	19	4	213	1	dowitchers
bewitcher	19	4	300	2	bewitcher
ditcher	13	40	1200	2	d__itcher
switcher	16	17	768	2	_switcher
twitcher	16	13	534	2	_twitcher
bewitched	20	4	323	3	bewitched
bewitchers	20	4	256	3	bewitchers
bewitchery	23	5	166	3	bewitchery
bewitches	19	4	382	3	bewitches
botcher	14	36	1322	3	bo__tcher
cowcatcher	19	5	172	3	cowcatcher
ditched	14	37	1190	3	d__itched
ditchers	14	36	1036	3	d__itchers
ditches	13	32	1571	3	d__itches
dither	10	44	1768	3	d__it_her
dogcatcher	19	5	201	3	dogcatcher
dogwatches	20	4	221	3	dogwatches
hitcher	15	37	1200	3	__hitcher
howitzer	23	4	191	3	howit_zer
notcher	12	36	1093	3	no__tcher
nowhither	18	4	196	3	nowhit_her
pitcher	14	38	1371	3	__pitcher
snitcher	13	15	737	3	_snitcher
stitcher	13	16	839	3	_stitcher
switched	17	15	713	3	_switched
switchers	17	14	663	3	_switchers
switches	16	15	913	3	_switches
swither	13	37	1099	3	_swit_her
twitched	17	15	503	3	_twitched
twitchers	17	13	453	3	_twitchers
twitches	16	15	637	3	_twitches
twitchier	17	5	323	3	_twitchier
watcher	15	31	1340	3	__watcher
wincher	15	34	1065	3	__wincher
witched	16	30	1219	3	__witched
witchery	19	23	609	3	__witchery
witches	15	27	1579	3	__witches
witchier	16	30	788	3	__witchier
wither	12	43	2135	3	__wit_her

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	148641	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	40	6.640	22385.7
3	Display Results	40	40	0.016	2500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	40	7.079	25242.4