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

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

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80 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
larches	12	44	1645	(None)
arches	11	48	2204	1	_arches
laches	11	65	2835	1	la_ches
larchen	12	47	963	1	larchen
latches	12	33	2013	1	latches
lurches	12	33	1166	1	lurches
marches	14	39	2117	1	marches
parches	14	37	2000	1	parches
aches	10	61	3229	2	_a_ches
arched	12	57	1732	2	_arched
archer	11	50	1624	2	_archer
archers	12	44	1457	2	_archers
baches	13	54	2694	2	ba_ches
batches	14	40	1961	2	batches
birches	14	34	1232	2	birches
blanches	15	33	1160	2	blanches
braches	14	46	2122	2	braches
caches	13	79	2691	2	ca_ches
caroches	15	7	1069	2	caroches
catches	14	43	2077	2	catches
curches	14	35	1274	2	curches
earaches	13	4	1131	2	earaches
farces	11	52	2332	2	farc_es
farcies	12	53	1788	2	farcies
hatches	15	34	2027	2	hatches
inarches	13	5	804	2	inarches
klatches	17	15	714	2	klatches
laces	7	61	4176	2	la_c_es
laichs	11	51	1089	2	laich_s
lances	8	48	2410	2	lanc_es
larch	10	59	1979	2	larch__
larees	6	53	2311	2	lar_ees
lares	5	48	5263	2	lar__es
larges	7	48	2423	2	lar_ges
lashes	9	48	3100	2	la_shes
latched	13	39	1407	2	latched
latchet	12	31	1791	2	latchet
latchets	13	34	1001	2	latchets
lathes	9	51	2750	2	la_thes
launches	13	8	790	2	launches
leaches	12	33	1934	2	leaches
leches	11	54	2131	2	l_eches
leeches	12	39	1193	2	leeches
letches	12	40	1548	2	letches
liches	11	47	2429	2	l_iches
loaches	12	36	1398	2	loaches
lunches	12	41	1544	2	lunches
lurched	13	35	803	2	lurched
lurcher	12	33	813	2	lurcher
lurchers	13	30	715	2	lurchers
lyches	14	42	1361	2	l_yches
lynches	15	37	887	2	lynches
maches	13	48	2723	2	ma_ches
manches	14	38	1862	2	manches
marched	15	38	1340	2	marched
marchen	14	33	1207	2	marchen
marcher	14	39	1297	2	marcher
marchers	15	37	1081	2	marchers
marchesa	15	34	688	2	marchesa
marchese	15	35	891	2	marchese
marchesi	15	33	732	2	marchesi
marshes	12	36	1537	2	marshes
matches	14	32	1978	2	matches
merches	14	40	1376	2	merches
naches	11	46	2241	2	na_ches
oraches	12	42	1647	2	oraches
parched	15	40	1369	2	parched
parchesi	15	35	821	2	parchesi
patches	14	33	2038	2	patches
perches	14	37	1795	2	perches
planches	15	31	1186	2	planches
porches	14	38	1567	2	porches
ranches	12	36	2011	2	ranches
ratches	12	36	2046	2	ratches
searches	13	21	1290	2	searches
slatches	13	15	1153	2	slatches
starches	13	19	1291	2	starches
taches	11	42	2417	2	ta_ches
torches	12	37	1544	2	torches
watches	15	30	1737	2	watches

Search took 4 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	107671	0.356	501941.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	80	3.376	31893.1
3	Display Results	80	80	0.016	5000.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	80	3.748	47676.4