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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “scratching” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

18 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
scratching	18	4	453	(None)
scraiching	18	4	379	1	scraiching
catching	16	37	1277	2	_c_atching
cranching	17	27	873	2	_cranching
crutching	17	21	607	2	_crutching
scathing	14	26	970	2	sc_at_hing
scootching	18	4	336	2	scootching
scotching	17	3	565	2	sc_otching
scraighing	17	4	293	2	scraighing
scratchier	17	4	434	2	scratchier
scratchily	20	4	255	2	scratchily
screeching	18	4	364	2	screeching
scrooching	18	4	332	2	scrooching
scrootching	19	5	189	2	scrootching
scrunching	18	16	347	2	scrunching
scutching	17	3	522	2	sc_utching
snatching	15	3	636	2	s_natching
stretching	16	4	581	2	stretching

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	108824	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	108824	18	3.156	34481.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.016	1125.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.548	50363.9