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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “duffer” 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
duffer	13	47	1166	(None)
buffer	14	45	1268	1	buffer
deffer	13	44	1130	1	deffer
differ	13	39	1084	1	differ
doffer	13	39	1135	1	doffer
duffel	13	40	775	1	duffel
duffers	14	34	1009	1	duffers
puffer	14	46	1073	1	puffer
suffer	12	43	1451	1	suffer
bluffer	15	39	688	2	bluffer
buffed	15	43	1314	2	buffed
buffers	15	33	1079	2	buffers
buffet	14	31	1378	2	buffet
buffier	15	6	840	2	buffier
chuffer	18	33	714	2	chuffer
coffer	14	41	1286	2	coffer
cuffed	15	43	1121	2	cuffed
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
differs	14	33	997	2	differs
doffed	14	42	850	2	doffed
doffers	14	35	985	2	doffers
dubber	11	38	1455	2	dubber
ducker	13	43	1799	2	ducker
dueler	7	42	1368	2	dueler
duff	11	43	2664	2	duff__
duffels	14	29	645	2	duffels
duffle	13	36	853	2	duffle
duffles	14	30	892	2	duffles
duffs	12	52	1662	2	duff_s
duiker	11	41	1059	2	duiker
duller	7	40	1770	2	duller
dumber	11	44	1417	2	dumber
dumper	11	46	1521	2	dumper
dunker	11	36	1646	2	dunker
dunner	7	39	1382	2	dunner
duper	8	55	1900	2	du_per
duster	7	49	1972	2	duster
fluffer	12	33	650	2	fluffer
gaffer	13	43	1013	2	gaffer
gauffer	14	7	442	2	gauffer
goffer	13	40	951	2	goffer
gruffer	14	7	579	2	gruffer
huffed	16	37	1015	2	huffed
huffier	16	3	749	2	huffier
luffed	13	38	1082	2	luffed
muffed	15	42	1059	2	muffed
muffler	15	39	834	2	muffler
niffer	12	37	844	2	niffer
offer	11	43	1138	2	_offer
puffed	15	35	1060	2	puffed
puffers	15	34	920	2	puffers
puffery	18	23	511	2	puffery
puffier	15	4	797	2	puffier
quaffer	22	3	513	2	quaffer
ruffe	11	47	1381	2	ruffe_
ruffed	13	43	1274	2	ruffed
ruffes	12	41	1242	2	ruffes
ruffler	13	36	972	2	ruffler
scuffer	15	32	888	2	scuffer
snuffer	13	31	885	2	snuffer
stuffer	13	34	979	2	stuffer
suffers	13	31	1354	2	suffers
surfer	9	35	1588	2	surfer
tuffet	12	26	1208	2	tuffet
tufter	9	31	993	2	tufter
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	0.330	541487.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	72	2.530	32628.9
3	Display Results	72	72	0.033	2181.8
	(SQL Overall)	178691	72	2.893	61766.7