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

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

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72 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
hatched	16	34	1446	(None)
batched	15	41	1424	1	batched
hatchel	15	35	1075	1	hatchel
hatcher	15	33	1472	1	hatcher
hatches	15	34	2027	1	hatches
hatchet	15	33	1756	1	hatchet
hitched	16	33	1225	1	hitched
hotched	16	36	1092	1	hotched
hutched	16	35	988	1	hutched
latched	13	39	1407	1	latched
matched	15	35	1396	1	matched
patched	15	35	1462	1	patched
thatched	17	3	543	1	thatched
watched	16	30	1282	1	watched
ached	11	92	2783	2	_a_ched
arched	12	57	1732	2	_arched
bached	14	55	1989	2	ba_ched
batcher	14	44	1485	2	batcher
batches	14	40	1961	2	batches
bathed	12	55	1874	2	bat_hed
bitched	15	32	1292	2	bitched
botched	15	36	1190	2	botched
cached	14	54	1920	2	ca_ched
catcher	14	31	1582	2	catcher
catches	14	43	2077	2	catches
ditched	14	37	1190	2	ditched
etched	12	36	1370	2	_etched
fetched	16	37	1047	2	fetched
hacked	16	49	2351	2	ha_cked
hashed	13	60	2194	2	ha_shed
hatch	13	57	1959	2	hatch__
hatcheck	22	4	401	2	hatcheck
hatcheled	18	4	422	2	hatcheled
hatchels	16	36	867	2	hatchels
hatchers	16	31	1317	2	hatchers
hatchery	19	32	638	2	hatchery
hatchets	16	33	1038	2	hatchets
hated	9	57	3402	2	hat__ed
hatred	10	48	1433	2	hat_red
hatted	10	49	2151	2	hat_ted
haunched	17	4	481	2	haunched
hitcher	15	37	1200	2	hitcher
hitches	15	36	1627	2	hitches
hotches	15	38	1436	2	hotches
hunched	16	37	1049	2	hunched
hutches	15	36	1352	2	hutches
itched	12	38	1202	2	_itched
latches	12	33	2013	2	latches
latchet	12	31	1791	2	latchet
lathed	10	47	1846	2	lat_hed
letched	13	39	1205	2	letched
marched	15	38	1340	2	marched
matcher	14	32	1428	2	matcher
matches	14	32	1978	2	matches
notched	13	42	1030	2	notched
parched	15	40	1369	2	parched
patcher	14	35	1514	2	patcher
patches	14	33	2038	2	patches
pitched	15	35	1292	2	pitched
ranched	13	31	1360	2	ranched
ratches	12	36	2046	2	ratches
ratchet	12	42	1833	2	ratchet
retched	13	38	1427	2	retched
satchel	12	33	1030	2	satchel
snatched	14	15	763	2	snatched
tetched	13	30	1077	2	tetched
thatcher	16	3	566	2	thatcher
thatches	16	3	751	2	thatches
unhatched	18	4	413	2	unhatched
watcher	15	31	1340	2	watcher
watches	15	30	1737	2	watches
witched	16	30	1219	2	witched

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	107671	0.606	294869.6
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	72	3.393	31733.3
3	Display Results	72	72	0.030	2400.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	72	4.029	44351.2