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

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

24 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
thatcher	16	3	566	(None)
hatcher	15	33	1472	1	_hatcher
thatched	17	3	543	1	thatched
thatchers	17	4	458	1	thatchers
thatches	16	3	751	1	thatches
thatchier	17	4	398	1	thatchier
batcher	14	44	1485	2	_batcher
catcher	14	31	1582	2	_catcher
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
matcher	14	32	1428	2	_matcher
patcher	14	35	1514	2	_patcher
snatcher	13	16	776	2	snatcher
teacher	12	37	1483	2	tea_cher
thatch	14	3	561	2	thatch__
thatchy	18	3	330	2	thatch_y
thither	13	32	810	2	thit_her
twitcher	16	13	534	2	twitcher
watcher	15	31	1340	2	_watcher

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	24	3.236	37410.1
3	Display Results	24	24	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	24	3.626	49280.5