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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “stitchery” 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.

13 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
stitchery	17	17	407	(None)
stitcher	13	16	839	1	stitcher_
stitchers	14	14	701	1	stitchers
bitchery	18	23	656	2	_bitchery
slithery	14	35	670	2	slit_hery
smithery	16	32	570	2	smit_hery
snitcher	13	15	737	2	snitcher_
snitchers	14	16	604	2	snitchers
stitched	14	14	820	2	stitche_d
stitches	13	14	1059	2	stitche_s
switcher	16	17	768	2	switcher_
switchers	17	14	663	2	switchers
witchery	19	23	609	2	_witchery

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	121436	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	13	3.360	36141.7
3	Display Results	13	13	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	3.500	51054.6