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

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

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63 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
ranchers	13	33	1179	(None)
rancher	12	30	1363	1	rancher_
ranchero	13	27	742	1	ranchero
rancheros	14	25	579	1	rancheros
ranches	12	36	2011	1	ranche_s
anchors	12	39	1295	2	_anchors
anthers	10	37	1520	2	_anthers
archers	12	44	1457	2	_archers
batchers	15	36	1327	2	batchers
benchers	15	36	1101	2	benchers
blanchers	16	30	743	2	blanchers
branches	15	36	1380	2	branche_s
brunchers	16	29	625	2	brunchers
cancers	11	40	1858	2	canc_ers
catchers	15	31	1406	2	catchers
cranches	15	31	1454	2	cranche_s
crunchers	16	31	624	2	crunchers
dancers	10	34	1309	2	danc_ers
drenchers	15	29	610	2	drenchers
fanciers	13	35	808	2	fanciers
hatchers	16	31	1317	2	hatchers
inchers	12	39	1252	2	_inchers
lancers	9	36	1664	2	lanc_ers
lanciers	10	30	854	2	lanciers
launchers	14	5	433	2	launchers
lunchers	13	34	956	2	lunchers
lynchers	16	28	545	2	lynchers
manches	14	38	1862	2	manche_s
manchets	15	26	957	2	manchets
marchers	15	37	1081	2	marchers
matchers	15	30	1243	2	matchers
munchers	15	31	877	2	munchers
panthers	13	5	1078	2	panthers
patchers	15	34	1330	2	patchers
pinchers	15	35	1061	2	pinchers
prancers	12	32	1033	2	pranc_ers
punchers	15	26	1007	2	punchers
racers	8	47	2543	2	ra_c_ers
rachets	12	45	1683	2	ra_chets
rackers	13	43	2045	2	ra_ckers
rances	8	46	2544	2	ranc_e_s
ranched	13	31	1360	2	ranche_d
rancheria	14	4	466	2	rancheria
rancherias	15	4	409	2	rancherias
ranchless	14	4	445	2	ranchless
ranchos	12	39	1139	2	ranch_os
rancors	9	8	1137	2	ranc_ors
rancours	10	7	671	2	rancours
rangers	8	36	2104	2	ran_gers
rankers	11	32	1746	2	ran_kers
ranters	7	33	2364	2	ran_ters
rashers	10	40	2091	2	ra_shers
ratches	12	36	2046	2	ratche_s
ratchets	13	31	1026	2	ratchets
raunches	13	6	805	2	raunche_s
reachers	13	35	1572	2	reachers
stanchers	14	20	681	2	stanchers
tranches	13	29	1551	2	tranche_s
trenchers	14	28	807	2	trenchers
watchers	16	35	1179	2	watchers
wenchers	16	31	921	2	wenchers
winchers	16	31	922	2	winchers
wrenchers	17	25	633	2	wrenchers

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	0.156	1145455.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	63	3.750	32282.4
3	Display Results	63	63	0.016	3937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	63	3.922	45561.2