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

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

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55 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
hitchers	16	37	999	(None)
ditchers	14	36	1036	1	ditchers
hatchers	16	31	1317	1	hatchers
hitcher	15	37	1200	1	hitcher_
hitches	15	36	1627	1	hitche_s
pitchers	15	32	1148	1	pitchers
aitches	12	30	1436	2	aitche_s
batchers	15	36	1327	2	batchers
bitchery	18	23	656	2	bitchery
bitches	14	41	1706	2	bitche_s
botchers	15	35	1154	2	botchers
butchers	15	37	1018	2	butchers
catchers	15	31	1406	2	catchers
cithers	12	43	1577	2	cit_hers
ditcher	13	40	1200	2	ditcher_
ditches	13	32	1571	2	ditche_s
dithers	11	40	1615	2	dit_hers
etchers	12	34	1129	2	_etchers
fetchers	16	32	886	2	fetchers
filchers	16	28	686	2	filchers
fitches	15	35	1619	2	fitche_s
fitchets	16	30	741	2	fitchets
fitchews	19	27	477	2	fitchews
hatchels	16	36	867	2	hatchels
hatcher	15	33	1472	2	hatcher_
hatchery	19	32	638	2	hatchery
hatches	15	34	2027	2	hatche_s
hatchets	16	33	1038	2	hatchets
hitched	16	33	1225	2	hitche_d
hither	12	44	1725	2	hit_her_
hitters	10	47	1759	2	hit_ters
hotches	15	38	1436	2	hotche_s
hutches	15	36	1352	2	hutche_s
inchers	12	39	1252	2	_inchers
itches	11	49	1621	2	_itche_s
kitchens	17	19	578	2	kitchens
matchers	15	30	1243	2	matchers
mithers	12	35	1673	2	mit_hers
notchers	13	27	942	2	notchers
patchers	15	34	1330	2	patchers
pinchers	15	35	1061	2	pinchers
pitcher	14	38	1371	2	pitcher_
pitches	14	36	1775	2	pitche_s
snitchers	14	16	604	2	snitchers
stitchers	14	14	701	2	stitchers
switchers	17	14	663	2	switchers
thatchers	17	4	458	2	thatchers
tithers	10	42	1673	2	tit_hers
twitchers	17	13	453	2	twitchers
watchers	16	35	1179	2	watchers
winchers	16	31	922	2	winchers
witchery	19	23	609	2	witchery
witches	15	27	1579	2	witche_s
withers	13	44	1775	2	wit_hers
zithers	19	39	1197	2	zit_hers

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	55	3.813	31749.0
3	Display Results	55	55	0.016	3437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	55	4.219	42353.9