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

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

(Change Limit cannot be increased to the length of your word, because then every letter could be different!)
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

16 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
dif	7	68	4689	(None)
def	7	65	4672	1	def
dib	6	57	4693	1	dib
did	5	68	5051	1	did
die	4	67	5965	1	die
diff	11	62	2883	1	diff
difs	8	60	2732	1	difs
dig	5	75	4447	1	dig
dim	6	81	4649	1	dim
din	4	64	5946	1	din
dip	6	78	4898	1	dip
dis	4	64	5989	1	dis
dit	4	70	7133	1	dit
if	5	72	3994	1	_if
kif	10	59	4117	1	kif
rif	6	59	5155	1	rif

Search took 1 second 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	5146	0.106	1685764.2
2	DLD Change Limit	5146	16	0.190	27084.2
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	0.296	603685.8