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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “perches” 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
perches	14	37	1795	(None)
merches	14	40	1376	1	merches
parches	14	37	2000	1	parches
peaches	14	41	2005	1	peaches
perched	15	47	1324	1	perched
percher	14	33	1342	1	percher
perchers	15	36	1152	1	perchers
porches	14	38	1567	1	porches
arches	11	48	2204	2	_arches
beaches	14	41	2065	2	beaches
beeches	14	34	1388	2	beeches
belches	14	35	1434	2	belches
benches	14	39	1860	2	benches
birches	14	34	1232	2	birches
creches	14	3	1309	2	creches
curches	14	35	1274	2	curches
eches	10	63	2216	2	_e_ches
etches	11	42	1776	2	_etches
fetches	15	34	1389	2	fetches
kenches	16	39	1227	2	kenches
ketches	16	40	1219	2	ketches
larches	12	44	1645	2	larches
leaches	12	33	1934	2	leaches
leches	11	54	2131	2	le_ches
leeches	12	39	1193	2	leeches
letches	12	40	1548	2	letches
lurches	12	33	1166	2	lurches
marches	14	39	2117	2	marches
merces	10	57	2074	2	merc_es
mercies	11	38	1756	2	mercies
parched	15	40	1369	2	parched
parchesi	15	35	821	2	parchesi
patches	14	33	2038	2	patches
peaces	10	63	2408	2	peac_es
peached	15	43	1588	2	peached
peacher	14	42	1607	2	peacher
peachers	15	32	1384	2	peachers
peched	14	49	1534	2	pe_ched
pechs	12	55	1620	2	pe_ch_s
penoches	15	3	893	2	penoches
penuches	15	3	694	2	penuches
percales	12	3	1380	2	percales
perch	12	45	1883	2	perch__
percuss	11	3	716	2	percuss
perdues	10	35	1133	2	perdues
peres	7	62	4664	2	per__es
perishes	13	3	1375	2	perishes
perries	9	32	2660	2	perries
perses	8	54	2806	2	per_ses
perukes	13	32	1011	2	perukes
peruses	9	40	1816	2	peruses
pierces	11	34	1119	2	pierc_es
pinches	14	41	1793	2	pinches
pitches	14	36	1775	2	pitches
pleaches	15	32	1043	2	pleaches
plenches	15	31	1062	2	plenches
poaches	14	44	1694	2	poaches
pooches	14	32	1416	2	pooches
pouches	14	41	1674	2	pouches
preaches	15	32	1489	2	preaches
psyches	17	5	580	2	psyches
punches	14	48	1613	2	punches
reaches	12	34	2320	2	reaches
retches	12	33	1851	2	retches
searches	13	21	1290	2	searches
seiches	12	5	1381	2	seiches
speeches	15	3	741	2	speeches
teaches	12	27	1835	2	teaches
tenches	12	35	1552	2	tenches
terces	8	39	2141	2	terc_es
torches	12	37	1544	2	torches
vetches	15	34	1126	2	vetches
welches	15	37	1031	2	welches
wenches	15	29	1413	2	wenches

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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	74	3.033	35499.8
3	Display Results	74	74	0.030	2466.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	74	3.436	52005.5