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

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

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59 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
butcher	14	34	1116	(None)
batcher	14	44	1485	1	batcher
botcher	14	36	1322	1	botcher
butchers	15	37	1018	1	butchers
butchery	18	32	625	1	butchery
butches	14	43	1536	1	butches
batched	15	41	1424	2	batched
batchers	15	36	1327	2	batchers
batches	14	40	1961	2	batches
bather	11	53	2251	2	bat_her
belcher	14	35	1149	2	belcher
bencher	14	41	1348	2	bencher
bitched	15	32	1292	2	bitched
bitchen	14	34	973	2	bitchen
bitchery	18	23	656	2	bitchery
bitches	14	41	1706	2	bitches
bitchier	15	30	773	2	bitchier
blucher	14	33	1022	2	blucher
botched	15	36	1190	2	botched
botchers	15	35	1154	2	botchers
botchery	18	36	676	2	botchery
botches	14	37	1602	2	botches
botchier	15	28	714	2	botchier
bother	11	52	1806	2	bot_her
bruncher	15	34	778	2	bruncher
bucker	14	54	2046	2	bu_cker
bunched	15	43	1241	2	bunched
bunches	14	41	1603	2	bunches
bunchier	15	3	615	2	bunchier
burgher	13	3	700	2	burgher
busher	11	49	2220	2	bu_sher
butch	12	54	1654	2	butch__
butchered	17	4	458	2	butchered
butcherer	16	4	375	2	butcherer
butcherly	19	25	265	2	butcherly
butler	8	42	2003	2	but_ler
butter	8	47	2423	2	but_ter
catcher	14	31	1582	2	catcher
cutchery	18	26	517	2	cutchery
cutches	14	32	1646	2	cutches
ditcher	13	40	1200	2	ditcher
etcher	11	39	1294	2	_etcher
fetcher	15	35	1039	2	fetcher
hatcher	15	33	1472	2	hatcher
hitcher	15	37	1200	2	hitcher
hutched	16	35	988	2	hutched
hutches	15	36	1352	2	hutches
luncher	12	31	1141	2	luncher
lurcher	12	33	813	2	lurcher
matcher	14	32	1428	2	matcher
muncher	14	36	1037	2	muncher
mutches	14	33	1428	2	mutches
notcher	12	36	1093	2	notcher
patcher	14	35	1514	2	patcher
pitcher	14	38	1371	2	pitcher
puncher	14	33	1167	2	puncher
scutcher	15	17	696	2	scutcher
watcher	15	31	1340	2	watcher
wuther	12	45	1161	2	wut_her

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	59	3.046	35348.3
3	Display Results	59	59	0.016	3687.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	3.422	52218.3