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

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

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82 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
hitch	13	45	1547	(None)
aitch	10	52	1616	1	aitch
bitch	12	50	1776	1	bitch
ditch	11	50	1509	1	ditch
fitch	13	48	1687	1	fitch
hatch	13	57	1959	1	hatch
hotch	13	62	1472	1	hotch
hutch	13	54	1409	1	hutch
itch	9	56	1917	1	_itch
pitch	12	50	1841	1	pitch
witch	13	45	1756	1	witch
batch	12	46	2010	2	batch
birch	12	49	1402	2	birch
bitchy	16	47	920	2	bitchy
botch	12	67	1745	2	botch
butch	12	54	1654	2	butch
catch	12	51	2037	2	catch
chinch	16	39	1122	2	chinch
cinch	12	45	1624	2	cinch
cutch	12	51	1619	2	cutch
dutch	11	47	1382	2	dutch
etch	9	54	1914	2	_etch
fetch	13	49	1347	2	fetch
filch	13	48	1332	2	filch
finch	13	54	1697	2	finch
fitchy	17	43	762	2	fitchy
flitch	14	92	817	2	flitch
glitch	12	28	635	2	glitch
hath	10	59	3391	2	hat_h
heth	10	70	2802	2	het_h
heuch	13	53	1233	2	heuch
hic	8	65	4056	2	hi_c_
hick	13	55	3030	2	hi_ck
high	11	66	1991	2	hi_gh
hit	6	65	6919	2	hit__
hitched	16	33	1225	2	hitched
hitcher	15	37	1200	2	hitcher
hitches	15	36	1627	2	hitches
hits	7	55	4513	2	hit_s
hooch	13	58	1370	2	hooch
hootch	14	38	640	2	hootch
hunch	13	64	1621	2	hunch
ich	8	62	2774	2	_i_ch
inch	9	54	2082	2	_inch
itchy	13	44	901	2	_itchy
ketch	14	49	1202	2	ketch
kith	11	58	2635	2	kit_h
kitsch	15	3	335	2	kitsch
latch	10	46	2046	2	latch
letch	10	52	1580	2	letch
lich	9	62	3084	2	li_ch
litchi	11	3	789	2	litchi
match	12	56	2110	2	match
milch	12	44	1337	2	milch
mutch	12	50	1617	2	mutch
natch	10	50	1822	2	natch
notch	10	56	1332	2	notch
patch	12	52	2122	2	patch
pinch	12	56	1930	2	pinch
pitchy	16	47	967	2	pitchy
pith	9	54	3269	2	pit_h
quitch	20	3	641	2	quitch
ratch	10	42	2136	2	ratch
retch	10	48	1830	2	retch
rich	9	70	2554	2	ri_ch
rotch	10	58	1593	2	rotch
sith	7	54	3515	2	sit_h
snitch	11	35	794	2	snitch
stich	10	41	1792	2	stich
stitch	11	41	910	2	stitch
switch	14	45	891	2	switch
thatch	14	3	560	2	thatch
twitch	14	40	616	2	twitch
unhitch	15	4	305	2	unhitch
vetch	13	44	1184	2	vetch
watch	13	56	1706	2	watch
which	16	39	1008	2	whi_ch
wich	12	57	2474	2	wi_ch
winch	13	50	1666	2	winch
witchy	17	46	859	2	witchy
with	10	57	3047	2	wit_h
zilch	19	43	812	2	zilch

Search took 2 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	53800	0.093	1921408.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	82	1.610	33416.1
3	Display Results	82	82	0.016	5125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	82	1.719	103950.6