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

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

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76 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
rancher	12	30	1363	(None)
ranched	13	31	1360	1	ranched
ranchero	13	27	742	1	ranchero
ranchers	13	33	1179	1	ranchers
ranches	12	36	2011	1	ranches
anchor	11	39	1197	2	_anchor
anther	9	37	1506	2	_anther
archer	11	50	1624	2	_archer
batcher	14	44	1485	2	batcher
bencher	14	41	1348	2	bencher
blancher	15	33	863	2	blancher
branched	16	32	1045	2	branched
branches	15	36	1380	2	branches
branchier	16	3	713	2	branchier
bruncher	15	34	778	2	bruncher
cancer	10	42	2092	2	canc_er
catcher	14	31	1582	2	catcher
cranched	16	32	1041	2	cranched
cranches	15	31	1454	2	cranches
cruncher	15	33	807	2	cruncher
dancer	9	48	1761	2	danc_er
drencher	14	25	721	2	drencher
fancier	12	34	1206	2	fancier
gaucher	13	3	723	2	gaucher
hatcher	15	33	1472	2	hatcher
incher	11	41	1403	2	_incher
lancer	8	43	1997	2	lanc_er
launcher	13	6	556	2	launcher
luncher	12	31	1141	2	luncher
lyncher	15	36	655	2	lyncher
manche	13	35	1510	2	manche_
manches	14	38	1862	2	manches
manchet	14	33	1777	2	manchet
marcher	14	39	1297	2	marcher
matcher	14	32	1428	2	matcher
muncher	14	36	1037	2	muncher
panther	12	6	1144	2	panther
patcher	14	35	1514	2	patcher
pincher	14	38	1271	2	pincher
prancer	11	36	1338	2	pranc_er
puncher	14	33	1167	2	puncher
racer	7	52	3302	2	ra_c_er
rachet	11	50	2897	2	ra_chet
racier	8	51	2097	2	ra_cier
racker	12	48	2455	2	ra_cker
rance	7	50	2851	2	ranc_e_
rances	8	46	2544	2	ranc_es
ranch	10	50	1979	2	ranch__
rancheria	14	4	466	2	rancheria
rancheros	14	25	579	2	rancheros
ranchmen	15	4	583	2	ranchmen
rancho	11	43	1085	2	ranch_o
ranchos	12	39	1139	2	ranchos
rancor	8	8	1037	2	ranc_or
rancour	9	8	713	2	rancour
randier	8	36	1847	2	randier
ranger	7	39	2552	2	ran_ger
rangier	8	37	1435	2	rangier
ranker	10	50	2190	2	ran_ker
ranter	6	38	2682	2	ran_ter
rasher	9	50	2412	2	ra_sher
ratches	12	36	2046	2	ratches
ratchet	12	42	1833	2	ratchet
rather	9	43	1974	2	ra_ther
raunches	13	6	805	2	raunches
raunchier	14	4	371	2	raunchier
reacher	12	37	1829	2	reacher
richer	11	40	1504	2	r_icher
stancher	13	19	881	2	stancher
tranche	12	33	1222	2	tranche_
tranches	13	29	1551	2	tranches
trencher	13	27	931	2	trencher
watcher	15	31	1340	2	watcher
wencher	15	38	1113	2	wencher
wincher	15	34	1065	2	wincher
wrencher	16	28	778	2	wrencher

Search took 4 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	76	3.110	34620.9
3	Display Results	76	76	0.030	2533.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	76	3.516	50822.2