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

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

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
sketcher	17	3	543	(None)
sketched	18	3	539	1	sketched
sketchers	18	3	451	1	sketchers
sketches	17	4	682	1	sketches
sketchier	18	5	341	1	sketchier
etcher	11	39	1294	2	__etcher
fetcher	15	35	1039	2	_fetcher
fletcher	16	30	666	2	fletcher
ketches	16	40	1219	2	_ketches
kvetcher	20	5	281	2	kvetcher
scutcher	15	17	696	2	scutcher
sketch	15	3	536	2	sketch__
sketchy	19	4	305	2	sketch_y
snatcher	13	16	776	2	snatcher
snitcher	13	15	737	2	snitcher
stitcher	13	16	839	2	stitcher
stretcher	14	4	629	2	stretcher
switcher	16	17	768	2	switcher

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.516	34430.9
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.906	45747.8