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

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

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.

8 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
fletched	17	30	669	(None)
fetched	16	37	1047	1	f_etched
fleeched	17	34	582	1	fleeched
flenched	17	26	796	1	flenched
fletcher	16	30	666	1	fletcher
fletches	16	30	885	1	fletches
flitched	17	25	629	1	flitched
letched	13	39	1205	1	_letched

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	82945	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82945	8	1.390	59672.7
3	Display Results	8	8	0.013	615.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	1.796	99493.9