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

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

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61 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
deffer	13	44	1130	(None)
deafer	10	41	1481	1	deafer
defer	9	46	1975	1	de_fer
defier	10	51	1865	1	defier
defter	10	42	1592	1	defter
differ	13	39	1084	1	differ
doffer	13	39	1135	1	doffer
duffer	13	47	1166	1	duffer
buffer	14	45	1268	2	buffer
coffer	14	41	1286	2	coffer
daffed	14	42	949	2	daffed
daffier	14	5	783	2	daffier
dafter	10	48	1334	2	dafter
deader	8	42	2047	2	deader
deafen	10	38	967	2	deafen
dealer	7	41	2214	2	dealer
dearer	7	48	2280	2	dearer
decker	13	52	1599	2	decker
deeper	9	36	1350	2	deeper
deer	5	67	3902	2	de__er
defacer	13	28	1036	2	defacer
defamer	13	27	1032	2	defamer
defers	10	51	1694	2	de_fers
deffest	14	30	880	2	deffest
defied	11	50	1638	2	defied
defiers	11	39	1399	2	defiers
defies	10	46	2405	2	defies
defiler	11	39	1188	2	defiler
definer	11	44	1377	2	definer
deflea	10	3	744	2	deflea
defuel	10	34	893	2	defuel
defuser	11	51	1050	2	defuser
deicer	9	41	1441	2	deicer
deifier	11	30	1312	2	deifier
delver	10	49	1349	2	delver
denier	7	44	2069	2	denier
denser	7	41	1519	2	denser
deter	6	50	2804	2	de_ter
dewier	10	40	1346	2	dewier
dexter	14	38	1089	2	dexter
differs	14	33	997	2	differs
doffed	14	42	850	2	doffed
doffers	14	35	985	2	doffers
duffel	13	40	775	2	duffel
duffers	14	34	1009	2	duffers
feoffer	12	3	302	2	feoffer
gaffer	13	43	1013	2	gaffer
goffer	13	40	951	2	goffer
hefter	12	43	1392	2	hefter
heifer	12	3	820	2	heifer
lefter	9	36	1343	2	lefter
niffer	12	37	844	2	niffer
offer	11	43	1138	2	_offer
puffer	14	46	1073	2	puffer
reefer	9	33	1436	2	reefer
refer	8	48	2214	2	re_fer
reffed	13	47	1251	2	reffed
reoffer	13	3	501	2	reoffer
suffer	12	43	1451	2	suffer
telfer	9	37	989	2	telfer
zaffer	21	39	715	2	zaffer

Search took 3 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	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	61	2.360	34979.2
3	Display Results	61	61	0.016	3812.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	61	2.749	65002.2