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

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

22 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
buffest	15	29	864	(None)
bluffest	16	6	464	1	bluffest
buffet	14	31	1378	1	buffe_t
buffets	15	31	759	1	buffets
buffiest	16	5	756	1	buffiest
bouffes	15	38	863	2	bouffes_
buffed	15	43	1314	2	buffe_d
buffer	14	45	1268	2	buffe_r
buffers	15	33	1079	2	buffers
buffos	14	44	785	2	buffos_
buffs	13	55	1951	2	buff_s_
bummest	13	29	862	2	bummest
busiest	9	37	1630	2	busiest
chuffest	19	4	419	2	chuffest
deffest	14	30	880	2	deffest
funfest	13	34	808	2	funfest
gruffest	15	4	459	2	gruffest
huffiest	17	5	720	2	huffiest
puffiest	16	4	732	2	puffiest
ruffes	12	41	1242	2	ruffes_
tuffet	12	26	1208	2	tuffe_t
tuffets	13	26	652	2	tuffets

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	107671	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	22	3.360	32044.9
3	Display Results	22	22	0.013	1692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	22	3.796	47073.5