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

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

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74 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
hatcher	15	33	1472	(None)
batcher	14	44	1485	1	batcher
catcher	14	31	1582	1	catcher
hatched	16	34	1446	1	hatched
hatchel	15	35	1075	1	hatchel
hatchers	16	31	1317	1	hatchers
hatchery	19	32	638	1	hatchery
hatches	15	34	2027	1	hatches
hatchet	15	33	1756	1	hatchet
hitcher	15	37	1200	1	hitcher
matcher	14	32	1428	1	matcher
patcher	14	35	1514	1	patcher
thatcher	16	3	566	1	thatcher
watcher	15	31	1340	1	watcher
archer	11	50	1624	2	_archer
batched	15	41	1424	2	batched
batchers	15	36	1327	2	batchers
batches	14	40	1961	2	batches
bather	11	53	2251	2	bat_her
botcher	14	36	1322	2	botcher
butcher	14	34	1116	2	butcher
catchers	15	31	1406	2	catchers
catches	14	43	2077	2	catches
catchier	15	32	986	2	catchier
ditcher	13	40	1200	2	ditcher
etcher	11	39	1294	2	_etcher
father	12	51	1671	2	fat_her
fetcher	15	35	1039	2	fetcher
gather	10	41	1586	2	gat_her
gaucher	13	3	724	2	gaucher
hacker	15	48	2269	2	ha_cker
harsher	13	3	1036	2	harsher
hatch	13	57	1959	2	hatch__
hatcheck	22	4	401	2	hatcheck
hatchels	16	36	867	2	hatchels
hatchets	16	33	1038	2	hatchets
hater	8	50	3475	2	hat__er
hatter	9	47	2487	2	hat_ter
heather	13	39	1485	2	heat_her
hitched	16	33	1225	2	hitched
hitchers	16	37	999	2	hitchers
hitches	15	36	1627	2	hitches
hither	12	44	1725	2	hit_her
hotched	16	36	1092	2	hotched
hotches	15	38	1436	2	hotches
hutched	16	35	988	2	hutched
hutches	15	36	1352	2	hutches
latched	13	39	1407	2	latched
latches	12	33	2013	2	latches
latchet	12	31	1791	2	latchet
lather	9	51	2436	2	lat_her
marcher	14	39	1297	2	marcher
matched	15	35	1396	2	matched
matchers	15	30	1243	2	matchers
matches	14	32	1978	2	matches
notcher	12	36	1093	2	notcher
patched	15	35	1462	2	patched
patchers	15	34	1330	2	patchers
patches	14	33	2038	2	patches
patchier	15	31	966	2	patchier
pitcher	14	38	1371	2	pitcher
rancher	12	30	1363	2	rancher
ratches	12	36	2046	2	ratches
ratchet	12	42	1833	2	ratchet
rather	9	43	1974	2	rat_her
satchel	12	33	1030	2	satchel
snatcher	13	16	776	2	snatcher
thatched	17	3	543	2	thatched
thatchers	17	4	458	2	thatchers
thatches	16	3	751	2	thatches
thatchier	17	4	398	2	thatchier
watched	16	30	1282	2	watched
watchers	16	35	1179	2	watchers
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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	74	3.296	32667.2
3	Display Results	74	74	0.033	2242.4
	(SQL Overall)	178691	74	3.689	48438.9