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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “sketchy” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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79 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
sketchy	19	4	305	(None)
sketch	15	3	536	1	sketch_
ketch	14	49	1202	2	_ketch_
kvetchy	22	4	180	2	kvetchy
sketched	18	3	539	2	sketched
sketcher	17	3	543	2	sketcher
sketches	17	4	682	2	sketches
sketchily	21	4	233	2	sketchily
smutchy	17	19	315	2	smutchy
snatchy	15	35	529	2	snatchy
stenchy	15	25	621	2	stenchy
stretchy	16	4	408	2	stretchy
tetchy	14	3	600	2	_tetchy
beachy	16	40	1125	3	_beachy
beechy	16	39	750	3	_beechy
bitchy	16	47	920	3	_bitchy
blotchy	17	29	397	3	blotchy
botchy	16	53	782	3	_botchy
catchy	16	55	958	3	_catchy
clutchy	17	32	389	3	clutchy
etch	9	54	1914	3	__etch_
fetch	13	49	1347	3	_fetch_
fitchy	17	43	762	3	_fitchy
fletch	14	38	819	3	fletch_
glitchy	16	28	308	3	glitchy
itchy	13	44	901	3	__itchy
kench	14	55	1392	3	_kench_
ketches	16	40	1219	3	_ketches
ketchup	18	4	278	3	_ketchup
kitschy	19	4	198	3	_kitschy
kvetch	18	3	299	3	kvetch_
leachy	14	41	973	3	_leachy
letch	10	52	1580	3	_letch_
patchy	16	50	957	3	_patchy
peachy	16	45	1084	3	_peachy
pitchy	16	47	967	3	_pitchy
preachy	17	30	731	3	preachy
reechy	14	36	782	3	_reechy
resketch	17	4	213	3	resketch_
retch	10	48	1830	3	_retch_
scotch	13	20	752	3	scotch_
scratchy	18	4	365	3	scratchy
screechy	18	4	277	3	screechy
scutch	13	24	708	3	scutch_
seethe	9	37	1248	3	seet_he
seiche	11	8	1183	3	s_eiche
sheuch	14	26	704	3	sheuch_
sheuchs	15	23	493	3	sheuchs
skeigh	14	26	590	3	skeigh_
skerry	13	35	610	3	ske_rry
sketchers	18	3	451	3	sketchers
sketchier	18	5	341	3	sketchier
sketching	19	3	508	3	sketching
sketchpad	21	6	136	3	sketchpad
slatch	11	45	1053	3	slatch_
slouchy	15	45	484	3	slouchy
smithy	14	50	827	3	smit_hy
smoochy	17	22	386	3	smoochy
smutch	13	20	584	3	smutch_
snatch	11	43	1060	3	snatch_
snitch	11	35	794	3	snitch_
speech	13	4	756	3	speech_
splotchy	18	4	179	3	splotchy
squelchy	25	9	198	3	squelchy
starchy	15	28	674	3	starchy
stench	11	41	1116	3	stench_
stitch	11	41	910	3	stitch_
stithy	12	39	821	3	stit_hy
stretch	12	3	641	3	stretch_
suety	8	53	1849	3	suet__y
swatch	14	54	928	3	swatch_
switch	14	45	891	3	switch_
techy	13	56	1201	3	_te_chy
thatchy	18	3	330	3	thatchy
twitchy	18	39	357	3	twitchy
vetch	13	44	1184	3	_vetch_
witchy	17	46	859	3	_witchy
wretch	14	32	653	3	wretch_
yechy	16	51	908	3	_ye_chy

Search took 8 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	134027	0.406	440125.6
2	DLD Change Limit	134027	79	6.643	20175.7
3	Display Results	79	79	0.013	6076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	79	7.062	25303.2