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

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

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86 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
hatch	13	57	1959	(None)
batch	12	46	2010	1	batch
catch	12	51	2037	1	catch
hath	10	59	3391	1	hat_h
hitch	13	45	1547	1	hitch
hotch	13	62	1473	1	hotch
hutch	13	54	1409	1	hutch
latch	10	46	2046	1	latch
match	12	56	2110	1	match
natch	10	50	1822	1	natch
patch	12	52	2122	1	patch
ratch	10	42	2136	1	ratch
thatch	14	3	561	1	thatch
watch	13	56	1706	1	watch
aitch	10	52	1616	2	aitch
arch	9	86	2844	2	_arch
bach	11	61	3139	2	ba_ch
bath	9	59	4008	2	bat_h
bitch	12	50	1776	2	bitch
botch	12	67	1745	2	botch
butch	12	54	1654	2	butch
catchy	16	55	958	2	catchy
cratch	13	41	1079	2	cratch
cutch	12	51	1619	2	cutch
datcha	12	6	656	2	datcha
ditch	11	50	1509	2	ditch
dutch	11	47	1382	2	dutch
each	9	55	3058	2	ea_ch
eath	7	57	3566	2	eat_h
etch	9	54	1914	2	_etch
fetch	13	49	1347	2	fetch
fitch	13	48	1687	2	fitch
hack	13	51	3454	2	ha_ck
hah	9	106	5522	2	ha__h
hance	10	54	2415	2	hance
harsh	11	64	1805	2	harsh
hash	10	69	3650	2	ha_sh
hat	6	72	8996	2	hat__
hatched	16	34	1446	2	hatched
hatchel	15	35	1075	2	hatchel
hatcher	15	33	1472	2	hatcher
hatches	15	34	2027	2	hatches
hatchet	15	33	1756	2	hatchet
hate	7	84	5017	2	hat_e
hated	9	57	3402	2	hated
hater	8	50	3475	2	hater
hates	8	67	4257	2	hates
hats	7	68	5825	2	hat_s
haugh	12	51	1405	2	haugh
haunch	14	37	734	2	haunch
heath	11	57	2428	2	heat_h
heth	10	70	2802	2	het_h
heuch	13	53	1233	2	heuch
hooch	13	58	1370	2	hooch
hootch	14	38	641	2	hootch
hunch	13	64	1621	2	hunch
itch	9	56	1917	2	_itch
ketch	14	49	1202	2	ketch
klatch	15	44	593	2	klatch
laich	10	59	2071	2	laich
larch	10	59	1979	2	larch
lath	7	66	4038	2	lat_h
letch	10	52	1580	2	letch
mach	11	61	3448	2	ma_ch
march	12	56	2289	2	march
math	9	54	3745	2	mat_h
mutch	12	50	1617	2	mutch
nautch	11	4	481	2	nautch
notch	10	56	1332	2	notch
oath	7	61	3215	2	oat_h
parch	12	51	2300	2	parch
patchy	16	50	957	2	patchy
path	9	91	3491	2	pat_h
pitch	12	50	1841	2	pitch
ranch	10	50	1979	2	ranch
rath	7	60	3766	2	rat_h
retch	10	48	1830	2	retch
rotch	10	58	1593	2	rotch
sauch	10	49	1877	2	sauch
slatch	11	45	1053	2	slatch
snatch	11	43	1060	2	snatch
swatch	14	54	928	2	swatch
tach	9	61	3275	2	ta_ch
thatchy	18	3	330	2	thatchy
vetch	13	44	1184	2	vetch
witch	13	45	1756	2	witch

Search took 3 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	0.296	603685.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	86	1.686	31909.8
3	Display Results	86	86	0.030	2866.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	86	2.012	88812.6