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

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

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72 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
kench	14	55	1392	(None)
bench	12	56	1950	1	bench
ketch	14	49	1202	1	ketch
tench	10	56	2000	1	tench
wench	13	62	1478	1	wench
beach	12	46	2389	2	beach
beech	12	43	1550	2	beech
belch	12	44	1550	2	belch
blench	13	37	1045	2	blench
bunch	12	51	1860	2	bunch
cinch	12	45	1624	2	cinch
clench	13	39	1005	2	clench
conch	12	46	2007	2	conch
drench	12	36	959	2	drench
dunch	11	53	1626	2	dunch
each	9	55	3058	2	_each
etch	9	54	1914	2	_etch
fence	10	53	1991	2	fence
fetch	13	49	1347	2	fetch
finch	13	54	1697	2	finch
flench	14	40	1081	2	flench
french	14	35	1121	2	french
hence	10	49	2004	2	hence
heuch	13	53	1233	2	heuch
hunch	13	64	1621	2	hunch
inch	9	54	2082	2	_inch
keck	9	49	2071	2	ke_ck
ken	7	63	4398	2	ken__
kenaf	12	3	1603	2	kenaf
kenches	16	39	1227	2	kenches
kendo	10	51	1322	2	kendo
keno	8	79	2643	2	ken_o
kenos	9	52	2062	2	kenos
kens	8	54	3523	2	ken_s
kent	8	68	4696	2	ken_t
kente	9	58	2106	2	kente
kvetch	18	3	299	2	kvetch
leach	10	54	2252	2	leach
lech	9	68	2544	2	le_ch
leech	10	49	1321	2	leech
letch	10	52	1580	2	letch
lunch	10	49	1724	2	lunch
lynch	13	46	898	2	lynch
mensch	13	38	708	2	mensch
mensh	10	54	1355	2	mensh
merch	12	54	1796	2	merch
munch	12	49	1710	2	munch
peach	12	54	2249	2	peach
pech	11	61	2545	2	pe_ch
pence	9	49	2445	2	pence
perch	12	45	1883	2	perch
pinch	12	56	1930	2	pinch
plench	13	40	1081	2	plench
punch	12	51	1842	2	punch
quench	20	3	663	2	quench
ranch	10	50	1979	2	ranch
reach	10	51	2388	2	reach
retch	10	48	1830	2	retch
sketch	15	3	535	2	sketch
stench	11	41	1116	2	stench
synch	13	50	1179	2	synch
teach	10	52	2112	2	teach
tech	9	59	2544	2	te_ch
tenth	8	54	2183	2	tenth
teuch	10	52	1485	2	teuch
trench	11	42	1161	2	trench
vetch	13	44	1184	2	vetch
welch	13	44	1149	2	welch
winch	13	50	1666	2	winch
wrench	14	43	935	2	wrench
yecch	15	55	809	2	yecch
yech	12	72	2053	2	ye_ch

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	0.096	1861364.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	72	1.703	31591.3
3	Display Results	72	72	0.013	5538.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	72	1.812	98615.3