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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “catchiest” 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.

19 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
catchiest	16	3	831	(None)
patchiest	16	3	835	1	patchiest
achiest	12	3	1518	2	_a_chiest
bitchiest	16	3	608	2	bitchiest
botchiest	16	3	615	2	botchiest
catches	14	43	2077	2	catch_es_
catchier	15	32	986	2	catchie_r
catchment	18	4	629	2	catchment
catechist	16	5	680	2	catechi_st
cattiest	10	30	1633	2	cat_tiest
chichiest	19	3	634	2	chichiest
itchiest	13	3	652	2	_itchiest
lathiest	11	3	1265	2	lat_hiest
pitchiest	16	4	670	2	pitchiest
scratchiest	18	4	414	2	scratchiest
snatchiest	15	4	515	2	snatchiest
tetchiest	14	4	579	2	tetchiest
thatchiest	18	4	416	2	thatchiest
witchiest	17	3	631	2	witchiest

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	121436	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	19	3.313	36654.4
3	Display Results	19	19	0.013	1461.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	19	3.702	48268.8