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

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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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105 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
ratch	10	42	2136	(None)
batch	12	46	2010	1	batch
catch	12	51	2037	1	catch
cratch	13	41	1079	1	cratch
hatch	13	57	1959	1	hatch
latch	10	46	2046	1	latch
match	12	56	2110	1	match
natch	10	50	1822	1	natch
patch	12	52	2122	1	patch
ranch	10	50	1979	1	ranch
rath	7	60	3766	1	rat_h
retch	10	48	1830	1	retch
rotch	10	58	1593	1	rotch
watch	13	56	1706	1	watch
aitch	10	52	1616	2	aitch
arch	9	86	2844	2	_arch
bach	11	61	3139	2	ba_ch
bath	9	59	4008	2	bat_h
bitch	12	50	1776	2	bitch
botch	12	67	1745	2	botch
brach	12	61	2330	2	bra_ch
branch	13	40	1477	2	branch
butch	12	54	1654	2	butch
catchy	16	55	958	2	catchy
cranch	13	36	1353	2	cranch
crotch	13	34	1008	2	crotch
crutch	13	40	824	2	crutch
cutch	12	51	1619	2	cutch
datcha	12	6	656	2	datcha
ditch	11	50	1509	2	ditch
dutch	11	47	1382	2	dutch
each	9	55	3058	2	ea_ch
eath	7	57	3566	2	eat_h
etch	9	54	1914	2	_etch
fetch	13	49	1347	2	fetch
fitch	13	48	1687	2	fitch
grutch	12	28	556	2	grutch
hath	10	59	3391	2	hat_h
hitch	13	45	1547	2	hitch
hotch	13	62	1472	2	hotch
hutch	13	54	1409	2	hutch
itch	9	56	1917	2	_itch
ketch	14	49	1202	2	ketch
klatch	15	44	593	2	klatch
laich	10	59	2071	2	laich
larch	10	59	1979	2	larch
lath	7	66	4038	2	lat_h
letch	10	52	1580	2	letch
mach	11	61	3447	2	ma_ch
march	12	56	2289	2	march
math	9	54	3744	2	mat_h
mutch	12	50	1617	2	mutch
nautch	11	4	481	2	nautch
notch	10	56	1332	2	notch
oath	7	61	3215	2	oat_h
orach	10	52	1923	2	ora_ch
parch	12	51	2300	2	parch
patchy	16	50	957	2	patchy
path	9	91	3491	2	pat_h
pitch	12	50	1841	2	pitch
race	6	67	4626	2	ra_ce
rack	10	62	3488	2	ra_ck
racy	9	58	2568	2	ra_cy
rah	6	80	5240	2	ra__h
rajah	15	57	1142	2	rajah
ralph	10	7	874	2	ralph
rance	7	50	2851	2	rance
rancho	11	43	1085	2	rancho
rash	7	60	3993	2	ra_sh
rat	3	78	9274	2	rat__
ratal	5	50	2511	2	ratal
ratan	5	37	2266	2	ratan
ratches	12	36	2046	2	ratches
ratchet	12	42	1833	2	ratchet
rate	4	54	5876	2	rat_e
rated	6	54	4138	2	rated
ratel	5	42	2488	2	ratel
rater	5	49	4328	2	rater
rates	5	53	5201	2	rates
rathe	8	58	2192	2	rathe
ratio	5	52	2758	2	ratio
rato	4	54	3697	2	rat_o
ratos	5	55	2876	2	ratos
rats	4	62	6037	2	rat_s
ratty	8	48	1959	2	ratty
raunch	11	35	843	2	raunch
rayah	11	60	1350	2	rayah
reach	10	51	2388	2	reach
rematch	14	3	619	2	rematch
repatch	14	3	584	2	repatch
rich	9	70	2554	2	r_ich
roach	10	57	1700	2	roach
rotche	11	43	1198	2	rotche
ruth	7	68	2599	2	rut_h
sauch	10	49	1877	2	sauch
scratch	14	4	601	2	scratch
slatch	11	45	1053	2	slatch
snatch	11	43	1060	2	snatch
swatch	14	54	928	2	swatch
tach	9	61	3275	2	ta_ch
thatch	14	3	561	2	thatch
vetch	13	44	1184	2	vetch
witch	13	45	1756	2	witch
wrath	11	57	1587	2	wrat_h
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	53800	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	105	2.296	23432.1
3	Display Results	105	105	0.030	3500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	105	2.436	73354.3