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

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

26 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
fichu	13	48	1066	(None)
fiche	13	46	1674	1	fiche
fichus	14	38	811	1	fichus
fice	9	57	3711	2	fic_e
fices	10	60	3116	2	fices
fiches	14	52	1953	2	fiches
ficin	10	35	1672	2	ficin
fico	9	58	2459	2	fic_o
ficus	10	50	1549	2	ficus
fight	12	40	2709	2	fight
filch	13	48	1332	2	filch_
finch	13	54	1697	2	finch_
fish	10	69	2627	2	fish_
fishy	14	60	1166	2	fishy
fitch	13	48	1687	2	fitch_
fitchy	17	43	762	2	fitchy
ich	8	62	2774	2	_ich_
ichs	9	62	1471	2	_ichs
lich	9	62	3084	2	lich_
lichi	10	44	1295	2	lichi
licht	10	47	2349	2	licht
miche	12	62	1924	2	miche
niche	10	50	1679	2	niche
rich	9	70	2554	2	rich_
vichy	16	3	904	2	vichy
wich	12	57	2474	2	wich_

Search took 2 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	0.310	576422.6
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	26	1.533	35094.6
3	Display Results	26	26	0.016	1625.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	26	1.859	96122.1