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

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

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72 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
differ	13	39	1084	(None)
deffer	13	44	1130	1	deffer
differs	14	33	997	1	differs
doffer	13	39	1135	1	doffer
duffer	13	47	1166	1	duffer
niffer	12	37	844	1	niffer
biffed	15	44	988	2	biffed
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
deafer	10	41	1481	2	deafer
defer	9	46	1975	2	d_efer
defier	10	51	1865	2	defier
defter	10	42	1592	2	defter
deifier	11	30	1312	2	deifier
dialer	7	43	1543	2	dialer
diaper	9	45	1311	2	diaper
dibber	11	46	1471	2	dibber
dicer	8	54	2642	2	di_cer
dicier	9	44	1623	2	dicier
dicker	13	45	2140	2	dicker
dieter	7	35	1677	2	dieter
diff	11	62	2884	2	diff__
differed	16	3	552	2	differed
diffs	12	63	1549	2	diff_s
diffuser	15	4	315	2	diffuser
digger	9	46	1608	2	digger
diker	10	55	2455	2	di_ker
dimer	8	56	2560	2	di_mer
dimmer	11	41	1261	2	dimmer
diner	6	56	3290	2	di_ner
dinger	8	53	2367	2	dinger
dinner	7	42	1716	2	dinner
dipper	11	40	1779	2	dipper
direr	6	49	2707	2	di_rer
dither	10	44	1768	2	dither
diver	9	48	2780	2	di_ver
doffed	14	42	850	2	doffed
doffers	14	35	985	2	doffers
drifter	11	34	870	2	drifter
duffel	13	40	775	2	duffel
duffers	14	34	1009	2	duffers
edifier	11	30	926	2	edifier
fifer	11	55	1997	2	fi_fer
gaffer	13	43	1013	2	gaffer
goffer	13	40	951	2	goffer
iffier	12	3	676	2	_iffier
infer	8	42	1503	2	_infer
liefer	9	52	957	2	liefer
lifer	8	58	2215	2	li_fer
lifter	9	38	1481	2	lifter
miffed	15	39	871	2	miffed
miffier	15	3	702	2	miffier
niffers	13	28	736	2	niffers
offer	11	43	1138	2	_offer
piaffer	15	10	444	2	piaffer
pilfer	11	3	916	2	pilfer
puffer	14	46	1073	2	puffer
rifer	8	47	2198	2	ri_fer
riffed	13	38	1156	2	riffed
riffler	13	32	835	2	riffler
rifler	9	40	1426	2	rifler
sifter	9	45	1623	2	sifter
sniffer	13	31	890	2	sniffer
stiffer	13	31	939	2	stiffer
suffer	12	43	1451	2	suffer
tiffed	13	36	839	2	tiffed
titfer	9	40	952	2	titfer
whiffer	19	10	532	2	whiffer
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	0.346	516448.0
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	72	2.390	34540.2
3	Display Results	72	72	0.030	2400.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	72	2.766	64602.7