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

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

22 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
patchiest	16	3	835	(None)
catchiest	16	3	831	1	catchiest
pitchiest	16	4	670	1	pitchiest
achiest	12	3	1518	2	_a_chiest
bitchiest	16	3	608	2	bitchiest
botchiest	16	3	615	2	botchiest
itchiest	13	3	652	2	_itchiest
lathiest	11	3	1265	2	lat_hiest
paciest	11	29	1780	2	pa_c_iest
patches	14	33	2038	2	patch_es_
patchier	15	31	966	2	patchie_r
patchiness	17	4	493	2	patchiness
paunchiest	17	4	385	2	paunchiest
peachiest	16	3	852	2	peachiest
pithiest	13	27	1144	2	pit_hiest
poachiest	16	3	688	2	poachiest
pouchiest	16	3	684	2	pouchiest
punchiest	16	3	645	2	punchiest
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 6 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121436	22	5.373	22601.2
3	Display Results	22	22	0.016	1375.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	5.529	32318.9