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

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

26 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
fichus	14	38	811	(None)
fiches	14	52	1953	1	fiches
fichu	13	48	1066	1	fichu_
ficus	10	50	1549	1	fic_us
fices	10	60	3116	2	fic_es
fiche	13	46	1674	2	fich_e
ficins	11	35	1398	2	ficins
ficoes	11	46	1346	2	ficoes
fights	13	38	1655	2	fights
filches	15	34	1072	2	filches
finches	15	39	1419	2	finches
fishes	12	52	2134	2	fishes
fitches	15	35	1619	2	fitches
focus	10	58	1588	2	foc_us
fucous	11	39	986	2	fucous
fucus	10	55	1589	2	fuc_us
ichs	9	62	1471	2	_ich_s
ictus	7	24	970	2	_ictus
liches	11	47	2429	2	liches
lichis	11	52	1259	2	lichis
lichts	11	37	1238	2	lichts
miches	13	43	2073	2	miches
niches	11	44	1914	2	niches
riches	11	50	2208	2	riches
rictus	8	37	919	2	rictus
wiches	14	44	1875	2	wiches

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	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	26	2.403	34353.3
3	Display Results	26	26	0.016	1625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	2.765	64626.0