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

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

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45 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
buffet	14	31	1378	(None)
buffed	15	43	1314	1	buffed
buffer	14	45	1268	1	buffer
buffest	15	29	864	1	buffest
buffets	15	31	759	1	buffets
tuffet	12	26	1208	1	tuffet
baffed	15	48	1217	2	baffed
befret	11	3	1596	2	befret
biffed	15	44	988	2	biffed
bluffed	16	32	643	2	bluffed
bluffer	15	39	688	2	bluffer
bluffest	16	6	464	2	bluffest
boffed	15	36	948	2	boffed
bouffe	14	43	831	2	bouffe_
bouffes	15	38	863	2	bouffes
bucket	14	46	2073	2	bucket
budget	10	46	1812	2	budget
buff	12	52	2986	2	buff__
buffers	15	33	1079	2	buffers
buffeted	17	5	373	2	buffeted
buffeter	16	8	359	2	buffeter
buffi	13	61	1220	2	buff_i
buffier	15	6	840	2	buffier
buffiest	16	5	756	2	buffiest
buffo	13	51	1218	2	buff_o
buffos	14	44	785	2	buffos
buffs	13	55	1951	2	buff_s
buffy	16	50	1337	2	buff_y
bullet	8	45	2861	2	bullet
buret	7	74	4401	2	bu_ret
burnet	8	43	2617	2	burnet
cuffed	15	43	1121	2	cuffed
duffel	13	40	775	2	duffel
duffer	13	47	1166	2	duffer
haffet	15	3	1170	2	haffet
huffed	16	37	1015	2	huffed
luffed	13	38	1082	2	luffed
muffed	15	42	1059	2	muffed
puffed	15	35	1060	2	puffed
puffer	14	46	1073	2	puffer
ruffe	11	47	1381	2	ruffe_
ruffed	13	43	1274	2	ruffed
ruffes	12	41	1242	2	ruffes
suffer	12	43	1451	2	suffer
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	82551	0.393	454684.5
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	45	3.326	24819.9
3	Display Results	45	45	0.030	1500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	45	3.749	47663.6