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

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

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99 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
lecher	11	34	1585	(None)
leacher	12	40	1484	1	leacher
leched	12	37	1600	1	leched
lechers	12	33	1396	1	lechers
lechery	15	25	764	1	lechery
leches	11	54	2131	1	leches
aether	9	42	1367	2	aether
archer	11	50	1624	2	archer
belcher	14	35	1149	2	belcher
bencher	14	41	1348	2	bencher
bleacher	15	35	888	2	bleacher
blencher	15	30	839	2	blencher
blether	12	45	991	2	blether
blucher	14	33	1022	2	blucher
clencher	15	27	797	2	clencher
decker	13	52	1599	2	decker
eche	9	75	2028	2	_eche_
eched	11	69	1922	2	_eched
eches	10	63	2216	2	_eches
echoer	11	40	1110	2	_echoer
etcher	11	39	1294	2	etcher
ether	8	45	1877	2	_ether
fetcher	15	35	1039	2	fetcher
fleche	14	29	930	2	fleche_
fleches	15	34	1144	2	fleches
flesher	13	36	1092	2	flesher
fletcher	16	30	666	2	fletcher
incher	11	41	1403	2	incher
lacer	7	58	3375	2	lac_er
laches	11	65	2834	2	laches
lacier	8	40	2009	2	lacier
lacker	12	53	2562	2	lacker
lasher	9	48	2453	2	lasher
lather	9	51	2435	2	lather
leached	13	37	1504	2	leached
leachers	13	37	1281	2	leachers
leaches	12	33	1934	2	leaches
leachier	13	3	725	2	leachier
leader	7	48	2465	2	leader
leaker	10	46	2007	2	leaker
leaner	6	40	2219	2	leaner
leaper	8	81	1894	2	leaper
leaser	6	53	2267	2	leaser
leather	10	38	1578	2	leather
leaver	9	43	2151	2	leaver
lech	9	68	2544	2	lech__
lechered	14	3	752	2	lechered
lechwe	14	3	511	2	lechwe
lechwes	15	3	506	2	lechwes
lectern	9	3	703	2	lectern
lector	8	35	1498	2	lector
ledger	8	59	1437	2	ledger
leeched	13	36	950	2	leeched
leeches	12	39	1193	2	leeches
leer	4	62	3935	2	le__er
lefter	9	36	1343	2	lefter
leger	6	57	2150	2	le_ger
lehr	7	55	1494	2	le_h_r
lender	7	39	2127	2	lender
leper	7	48	2074	2	le_per
lesser	6	35	1485	2	lesser
letched	13	39	1205	2	letched
letches	12	40	1548	2	letches
lethe	8	57	1730	2	lethe_
lethes	9	48	1808	2	lethes
letter	6	37	2258	2	letter
lever	8	51	2516	2	le_ver
levier	9	40	1387	2	levier
lewder	10	47	961	2	lewder
lichee	11	40	1797	2	lichee
lichen	11	40	1274	2	lichen
liches	11	47	2429	2	liches
licker	12	52	2204	2	licker
lither	9	45	2095	2	lither
locker	12	40	1942	2	locker
luncher	12	31	1141	2	luncher
lurcher	12	33	813	2	lurcher
lusher	9	38	1876	2	lusher
lychee	14	37	1089	2	lychee
lyches	14	42	1361	2	lyches
lyncher	15	36	655	2	lyncher
necker	12	40	1279	2	necker
nether	9	40	1416	2	nether
ocher	10	45	1610	2	_ocher
peacher	14	42	1607	2	peacher
peched	14	49	1534	2	peched
pecker	14	46	1536	2	pecker
percher	14	33	1342	2	percher
reacher	12	37	1829	2	reacher
rechew	14	3	1021	2	rechew
richer	11	40	1504	2	richer
teacher	12	37	1483	2	teacher
teched	12	40	1443	2	teched
techier	12	6	924	2	techier
tether	9	37	1610	2	tether
tocher	11	40	1491	2	tocher
welcher	15	31	939	2	welcher
wencher	15	38	1113	2	wencher
wether	12	33	1539	2	wether

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	82551	0.110	1624463.6
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	99	2.610	31628.7
3	Display Results	99	99	0.030	3300.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	99	2.750	64978.5