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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “catechus” 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
catechus	15	4	482	(None)
catechu	14	4	447	1	catechu_
caleches	15	26	993	2	caleches
catches	14	43	2077	2	cat_ches
catchup	16	4	479	2	cat_chup
catchups	17	4	438	2	cat_chups
catechin	15	4	681	2	catechin
catechins	16	4	664	2	catechins
catechise	16	4	494	2	catechise
catechism	18	4	472	2	catechism
catechist	16	5	680	2	catechist
catechol	15	4	461	2	catechol
catechols	16	5	505	2	catechols

Search took 5 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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	13	4.186	28920.0
3	Display Results	13	13	0.013	1000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	13	4.575	39058.1