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

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

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93 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
ditch	11	50	1509	(None)
aitch	10	52	1616	1	aitch
bitch	12	50	1776	1	bitch
dutch	11	47	1382	1	dutch
fitch	13	48	1687	1	fitch
hitch	13	45	1547	1	hitch
itch	9	56	1917	1	_itch
pitch	12	50	1841	1	pitch
witch	13	45	1756	1	witch
batch	12	46	2010	2	batch
birch	12	49	1402	2	birch
bitchy	16	47	920	2	bitchy
botch	12	67	1745	2	botch
butch	12	54	1654	2	butch
catch	12	51	2037	2	catch
cinch	12	45	1624	2	cinch
cutch	12	51	1619	2	cutch
datcha	12	6	656	2	datcha
detach	12	3	1041	2	detach
dice	7	58	4189	2	di_ce
dick	11	64	3238	2	di_ck
dicta	8	49	1563	2	dicta
dicty	11	51	1629	2	dicty
diptych	18	4	261	2	diptych
disc	7	61	2323	2	disc_
disci	8	58	1502	2	disci
disco	8	56	1607	2	disco
discs	8	53	1626	2	discs
dish	8	63	2833	2	di_sh
distich	13	3	1217	2	distich
dit	4	70	7133	2	dit__
dita	5	60	3252	2	dit_a
ditas	6	59	2367	2	ditas
ditched	14	37	1190	2	ditched
ditcher	13	40	1200	2	ditcher
ditches	13	32	1571	2	ditches
dite	5	55	4755	2	dit_e
dites	6	63	3915	2	dites
dits	5	64	5052	2	dit_s
ditsy	9	56	1256	2	ditsy
ditto	6	53	1560	2	ditto
ditty	9	50	1929	2	ditty
ditz	14	69	2951	2	dit_z
ditzy	18	65	1328	2	ditzy
doth	8	62	2571	2	dot_h
dunch	11	53	1626	2	dunch
etch	9	54	1914	2	_etch
fetch	13	49	1347	2	fetch
filch	13	48	1332	2	filch
finch	13	54	1697	2	finch
fitchy	17	43	762	2	fitchy
flitch	14	92	817	2	flitch
glitch	12	28	635	2	glitch
hatch	13	57	1959	2	hatch
hotch	13	62	1472	2	hotch
hutch	13	54	1409	2	hutch
ich	8	62	2774	2	_i_ch
inch	9	54	2082	2	_inch
itchy	13	44	901	2	_itchy
ketch	14	49	1202	2	ketch
kith	11	58	2635	2	kit_h
kitsch	15	3	335	2	kitsch
latch	10	46	2046	2	latch
letch	10	52	1580	2	letch
lich	9	62	3084	2	li_ch
litchi	11	3	789	2	litchi
match	12	56	2110	2	match
milch	12	44	1337	2	milch
mutch	12	50	1617	2	mutch
natch	10	50	1822	2	natch
notch	10	56	1332	2	notch
patch	12	52	2122	2	patch
pinch	12	56	1930	2	pinch
pitchy	16	47	967	2	pitchy
pith	9	54	3269	2	pit_h
quitch	20	3	641	2	quitch
ratch	10	42	2136	2	ratch
retch	10	48	1830	2	retch
rich	9	70	2554	2	ri_ch
rotch	10	58	1593	2	rotch
sith	7	54	3515	2	sit_h
snitch	11	35	794	2	snitch
stich	10	41	1792	2	stich
stitch	11	41	910	2	stitch
switch	14	45	891	2	switch
twitch	14	40	616	2	twitch
vetch	13	44	1184	2	vetch
watch	13	56	1706	2	watch
wich	12	57	2474	2	wi_ch
winch	13	50	1666	2	winch
witchy	17	46	859	2	witchy
with	10	57	3047	2	wit_h
zilch	19	43	812	2	zilch

Search took 2 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	53800	0.093	1921408.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	93	1.796	29955.5
3	Display Results	93	93	0.033	2818.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	93	1.922	92971.4