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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
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75 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
matcher	14	32	1428	(None)
batcher	14	44	1485	1	batcher
catcher	14	31	1582	1	catcher
hatcher	15	33	1472	1	hatcher
marcher	14	39	1297	1	marcher
matched	15	35	1396	1	matched
matchers	15	30	1243	1	matchers
matches	14	32	1978	1	matches
patcher	14	35	1514	1	patcher
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
hatched	16	34	1446	2	hatched
hatchel	15	35	1075	2	hatchel
hatchers	16	31	1317	2	hatchers
hatchery	19	32	638	2	hatchery
hatches	15	34	2027	2	hatches
hatchet	15	33	1756	2	hatchet
hitcher	15	37	1200	2	hitcher
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
macer	9	121	2694	2	ma_c_er
mache	12	59	2530	2	ma_che_
maches	13	48	2723	2	ma_ches
manche	13	35	1510	2	manche_
manches	14	38	1862	2	manches
manchet	14	33	1778	2	manchet
marched	15	38	1340	2	marched
marchen	14	33	1207	2	marchen
marchers	15	37	1081	2	marchers
marches	14	39	2117	2	marches
masher	11	41	2320	2	ma_sher
match	12	56	2110	2	match__
matchup	16	4	351	2	matchup
mater	7	44	3886	2	mat__er
matier	8	43	2152	2	mat_ier
matter	8	43	2534	2	mat_ter
maturer	9	3	898	2	maturer
mither	11	42	1856	2	mit_her
moocher	14	36	1067	2	moocher
mother	11	37	1864	2	mot_her
muncher	14	36	1037	2	muncher
mutches	14	33	1428	2	mutches
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
thatcher	16	3	566	2	thatcher
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	0.376	475242.0
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	75	3.093	34811.2
3	Display Results	75	75	0.030	2500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	75	3.499	51069.2