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

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

17 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
kvetch	18	3	299	(None)
ketch	14	49	1202	1	k_etch
kvetchy	22	4	180	1	kvetchy
vetch	13	44	1184	1	_vetch
etch	9	54	1914	2	__etch
fetch	13	49	1347	2	_fetch
fletch	14	38	819	2	fletch
kench	14	55	1392	2	k_ench
kheth	15	50	975	2	khet_h
klatch	15	44	593	2	klatch
kvetched	21	4	278	2	kvetched
kvetcher	20	5	281	2	kvetcher
kvetches	20	5	358	2	kvetches
letch	10	52	1580	2	_letch
retch	10	48	1830	2	_retch
sketch	15	3	536	2	sketch
wretch	14	32	653	2	wretch

Search took 3 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	82551	0.326	548131.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	17	2.050	40268.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	2.376	75206.6