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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

8 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
watchers	16	35	1179	(None)
batchers	15	36	1327	1	batchers
catchers	15	31	1406	1	catchers
hatchers	16	31	1317	1	hatchers
matchers	15	30	1243	1	matchers
patchers	15	34	1330	1	patchers
watcher	15	31	1340	1	watcher_
watches	15	30	1737	1	watche_s

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	82945	0.343	520965.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82945	8	1.313	63172.1
3	Display Results	8	8	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	8	1.656	107905.2