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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “itched” 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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76 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
itched	12	38	1202	(None)
bitched	15	32	1292	1	bitched
ditched	14	37	1190	1	ditched
etched	12	36	1370	1	etched
hitched	16	33	1225	1	hitched
inched	12	45	1448	1	inched
itches	11	49	1621	1	itches
pitched	15	35	1292	1	pitched
witched	16	30	1219	1	witched
ached	11	92	2783	2	_ached
aitches	12	30	1436	2	aitches
arched	12	57	1732	2	arched
bached	14	55	1989	2	bached
batched	15	41	1424	2	batched
birched	15	34	991	2	birched
bitchen	14	34	973	2	bitchen
bitches	14	41	1706	2	bitches
botched	15	36	1190	2	botched
cached	14	54	1920	2	cached
cinched	15	39	1086	2	cinched
ditcher	13	40	1200	2	ditcher
ditches	13	32	1571	2	ditches
eched	11	69	1922	2	_eched
etcher	11	39	1294	2	etcher
etches	11	42	1776	2	etches
fetched	16	37	1047	2	fetched
filched	16	30	742	2	filched
fitchee	15	27	1078	2	fitchee
fitches	15	35	1619	2	fitches
fitchet	15	31	1356	2	fitchet
fitchew	18	27	680	2	fitchew
flitched	17	25	629	2	flitched
hatched	16	34	1446	2	hatched
hitcher	15	37	1200	2	hitcher
hitches	15	36	1627	2	hitches
hotched	16	36	1092	2	hotched
hutched	16	35	988	2	hutched
iced	7	87	2189	2	i_c_ed
incher	11	41	1403	2	incher
inches	11	44	1967	2	inches
itch	9	56	1917	2	itch__
itchier	12	24	767	2	itchier
itchy	13	44	901	2	itch_y
itemed	9	3	660	2	itemed
ither	8	46	1760	2	it_her
kitchen	16	28	768	2	kitchen
kithed	14	46	1301	2	kit_hed
latched	13	39	1407	2	latched
leched	12	37	1600	2	leched
letched	13	39	1205	2	letched
matched	15	35	1396	2	matched
miched	14	39	1339	2	miched
niched	12	55	1406	2	niched
notched	13	42	1030	2	notched
ouched	12	43	1693	2	ouched
patched	15	35	1462	2	patched
peched	14	49	1534	2	peched
pinched	15	38	1245	2	pinched
pitcher	14	38	1371	2	pitcher
pitches	14	36	1775	2	pitches
pithed	12	46	1561	2	pit_hed
retched	13	38	1427	2	retched
ruched	12	43	1463	2	ruched
snitched	14	16	686	2	snitched
stitched	14	14	820	2	stitched
switched	17	15	713	2	switched
teched	12	40	1443	2	teched
tetched	13	30	1077	2	tetched
ticced	11	43	844	2	ticced
ticked	13	47	2052	2	ticked
tithed	10	41	1559	2	tithed
twitched	17	15	503	2	twitched
watched	16	30	1282	2	watched
winched	16	31	1059	2	winched
witches	15	27	1579	2	witches
withed	13	44	1623	2	wit_hed

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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	76	2.453	33653.1
3	Display Results	76	76	0.030	2533.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	76	2.843	62853.0