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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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16 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
chetahs	15	34	707	(None)
cheetahs	16	4	378	1	cheetahs
chetah	14	39	958	1	chetah_
cheths	14	38	982	1	chet_hs
chalahs	15	28	988	2	chalahs
cheaps	13	46	1368	2	che_aps
cheats	11	45	1954	2	che_ats
cheetah	15	4	545	2	cheetah_
chelas	11	38	1720	2	chela_s
cheth	13	50	1382	2	chet_h_
heaths	12	63	1638	2	_heaths
heths	11	63	1778	2	_het_hs
khedahs	18	5	295	2	khedahs
kheths	16	49	597	2	khet_hs
sheaths	13	5	875	2	sheaths
thetas	9	30	1157	2	theta_s

Search took 6 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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	16	4.813	22370.9
3	Display Results	16	16	0.013	1230.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	5.199	34370.3