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

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

18 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
etchings	14	39	629	(None)
etching	13	45	1184	1	etching_
itchings	14	38	619	1	itchings
archings	14	49	986	2	archings
eching	12	63	1556	2	e_ching_
echinus	12	3	620	2	e_chinus
etchants	13	4	602	2	etchants
fetching	17	29	841	2	fetching_
fletchings	19	28	286	2	fletchings
hatchings	18	22	567	2	hatchings
itching	13	40	1168	2	itching_
letching	14	38	1026	2	letching_
retching	14	34	1217	2	retching_
ruchings	14	28	707	2	ruchings
teachings	15	29	655	2	teachings
things	10	49	1430	2	_t_hings
vetchlings	19	5	170	2	vetchlings
witchings	18	32	530	2	witchings

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	121059	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	18	3.546	34139.6
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	3.939	45364.6