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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “patchouly” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
patchouly	19	4	292	(None)
patchouli	16	5	267	1	patchouli
pachouli	15	5	362	2	pa_chouli
patchily	18	8	581	2	patch_ily
patchoulis	17	5	253	2	patchoulis
catchfly	21	4	333	3	catch_fly
pachoulis	16	4	361	3	pa_choulis
patchable	18	4	563	3	patchable
patchoulies	18	5	186	3	patchoulies
patchy	16	50	957	3	patch___y
patronly	13	4	488	3	pat_ronly
pitchily	18	5	501	3	pitch_ily
pitchout	15	4	694	3	pitchou_t
pitchouts	16	4	367	3	pitchouts
watchful	19	4	375	3	watchful_
watchfully	24	5	242	3	watchfully
watchout	16	4	701	3	watchou_t
watchouts	17	4	404	3	watchouts

Search took 7 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	148641	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	18	6.300	23593.8
3	Display Results	18	18	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	18	6.720	26590.9