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

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

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84 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
merch	12	54	1796	(None)
march	12	56	2289	1	march
merc	8	72	2562	1	merc_
mercs	9	60	2045	1	mercs
mercy	12	59	1618	1	mercy
perch	12	45	1883	1	perch
amerce	10	3	1051	2	amerce
arch	9	86	2844	2	_arch
beach	12	46	2389	2	beach
beech	12	43	1550	2	beech
belch	12	44	1550	2	belch
bench	12	56	1950	2	bench
berth	10	49	1788	2	berth
birch	12	49	1402	2	birch
cerci	9	37	1639	2	cerci
curch	12	44	1541	2	curch
each	9	55	3058	2	_each
etch	9	54	1914	2	_etch
fetch	13	49	1347	2	fetch
gerah	9	3	1530	2	gerah
heuch	13	53	1233	2	heuch
kench	14	55	1392	2	kench
ketch	14	49	1202	2	ketch
larch	10	59	1979	2	larch
leach	10	54	2252	2	leach
lech	9	68	2544	2	le_ch
leech	10	49	1321	2	leech
letch	10	52	1580	2	letch
lurch	10	48	1463	2	lurch
mach	11	61	3448	2	m_ach
marc	8	70	3463	2	marc_
marcs	9	57	2662	2	marcs
marsh	10	53	2085	2	marsh
match	12	56	2110	2	match
mecca	11	3	993	2	mecca
mensch	13	38	710	2	mensch
mensh	10	54	1356	2	mensh
mercer	10	52	1420	2	mercer
merces	10	57	2074	2	merces
merches	14	40	1376	2	merches
merde	8	43	2012	2	merde
mere	6	72	4444	2	mer_e
merer	7	51	2623	2	merer
meres	7	51	4357	2	meres
merge	8	45	2369	2	merge
merit	7	3	3918	2	merit
merk	10	60	2794	2	mer_k
merks	11	47	2240	2	merks
merl	6	58	3097	2	mer_l
merle	7	58	2437	2	merle
merls	7	74	2390	2	merls
merry	10	47	2149	2	merry
mesarch	14	4	553	2	mesarch
mesh	9	68	2300	2	me_sh
meth	9	58	2784	2	me_th
milch	12	44	1337	2	milch
mirth	10	64	1889	2	mirth
mooch	12	53	1361	2	mooch
morph	12	17	1251	2	morph
mouch	12	47	1580	2	mouch
much	11	52	2403	2	m_uch
mulch	12	40	1297	2	mulch
munch	12	49	1710	2	munch
mutch	12	50	1617	2	mutch
myrrh	13	3	709	2	myrrh
parch	12	51	2300	2	parch
peach	12	54	2249	2	peach
pech	11	61	2545	2	pe_ch
porch	12	59	1862	2	porch
reach	10	51	2388	2	reach
retch	10	48	1830	2	retch
search	11	33	1242	2	search
smirch	13	5	646	2	smirch
teach	10	52	2112	2	teach
tech	9	59	2544	2	te_ch
tench	10	56	2000	2	tench
terce	7	57	2184	2	terce
teuch	10	52	1485	2	teuch
torch	10	74	2093	2	torch
vetch	13	44	1184	2	vetch
welch	13	44	1149	2	welch
wench	13	62	1478	2	wench
yecch	15	55	809	2	yecch
yech	12	72	2053	2	ye_ch

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	0.313	570897.8
2	DLD Change Limit	53800	84	1.500	35866.7
3	Display Results	84	84	0.030	2800.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	84	1.843	96956.6