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

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

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53 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
preaches	15	32	1489	(None)
breaches	15	37	1412	1	breaches
peaches	14	41	2005	1	p_eaches
pleaches	15	32	1043	1	pleaches
preached	16	34	1206	1	preached
preacher	15	32	1137	1	preacher
preachers	16	33	957	1	preachers
reaches	12	34	2320	1	_reaches
upreaches	16	5	463	1	upreaches
beaches	14	41	2065	2	_beaches
bleaches	15	34	1067	2	bleaches
braches	14	46	2122	2	br_aches
breached	16	34	1164	2	breached
breacher	15	30	1150	2	breacher
breachers	16	36	985	2	breachers
breathes	13	42	1290	2	breathes
breeches	15	25	867	2	breeches
broaches	15	32	1162	2	broaches
creches	14	3	1309	2	cre_ches
drenches	14	30	980	2	drenches
frenches	16	33	1163	2	frenches
leaches	12	33	1934	2	_leaches
oraches	12	42	1647	2	or_aches
panaches	15	3	1029	2	panaches
peaces	10	63	2408	2	p_eac_es
peached	15	43	1588	2	p_eached
peacher	14	42	1607	2	p_eacher
peachers	15	32	1384	2	p_eachers
perches	14	37	1795	2	p_erches
pleached	16	33	806	2	pleached
plenches	15	31	1063	2	plenches
poaches	14	44	1694	2	p_oaches
preach	13	36	1392	2	preach__
preachier	16	4	692	2	preachier
preachiest	17	4	698	2	preachiest
preachy	17	30	731	2	preach_y
preacted	13	27	1094	2	preacted
preacts	11	32	1136	2	preac_ts
prefaces	15	3	1106	2	prefac_es
prelacies	13	3	1005	2	prelacies
prewashes	17	4	475	2	prewashes
reached	13	46	1908	2	_reached
reacher	12	37	1829	2	_reacher
reachers	13	35	1572	2	_reachers
retches	12	33	1851	2	_retches
roaches	12	36	1621	2	_roaches
teaches	12	27	1835	2	_teaches
treacles	10	3	970	2	treacles
trenches	13	35	1260	2	trenches
upreached	17	6	408	2	upreached
wreathes	14	29	989	2	wreathes
wrenches	16	32	1023	2	wrenches
wretches	16	25	728	2	wretches

Search took 8 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	0.593	301333.9
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	53	7.330	16515.6
3	Display Results	53	53	0.013	4076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	53	7.936	22516.5