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

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

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59 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
gaffes	13	48	1110	(None)
gaffe	12	41	1165	1	gaffe_
gaffed	14	42	1020	1	gaffed
gaffer	13	43	1013	1	gaffer
gaffers	14	42	871	1	gaffers
gaffs	12	49	1465	1	gaff_s
agraffes	15	5	304	2	agraffes
baffed	15	48	1217	2	baffed
baffies	15	36	1294	2	baffies
baffles	15	37	1068	2	baffles
baffs	13	47	1805	2	baff_s
cafes	10	64	2692	2	ca_fes
caffs	13	54	1737	2	caff_s
daffed	14	42	949	2	daffed
daffs	12	51	1642	2	daff_s
gabfest	13	3	645	2	gabfest
gabies	9	38	2073	2	gabies
gables	9	42	2233	2	gables
gaes	5	63	4803	2	ga__es
gaff	11	48	2815	2	gaff__
gages	7	45	2997	2	ga_ges
gales	6	54	4248	2	ga_les
gambes	11	63	1831	2	gambes
games	8	62	3855	2	ga_mes
ganefs	10	48	920	2	ganefs
gapes	8	60	3082	2	ga_pes
gases	6	56	3399	2	ga_ses
gashes	10	57	2515	2	gashes
gasses	7	57	2478	2	gasses
gates	6	59	3951	2	ga_tes
gauffer	14	7	442	2	gauffer
gauffers	15	6	383	2	gauffers
gauges	8	59	1599	2	gauges
gauzes	16	47	1063	2	gauzes
gazes	15	54	2591	2	ga_zes
giraffes	15	4	260	2	giraffes
goffer	13	40	951	2	goffer
goffers	14	40	921	2	goffers
griffes	14	36	792	2	griffes
guffs	12	44	1482	2	guff_s
haffet	15	3	1170	2	haffet
haffets	16	3	605	2	haffets
naffed	13	40	833	2	naffed
naffs	11	62	1396	2	naff_s
piaffes	15	11	505	2	piaffes
raffles	13	36	1184	2	raffles
raffs	11	50	1752	2	raff_s
ruffes	12	41	1242	2	ruffes
safes	8	52	2672	2	sa_fes
taffies	13	30	1269	2	taffies
waffed	16	45	979	2	waffed
waffies	16	36	1144	2	waffies
waffles	16	32	998	2	waffles
waffs	14	63	1547	2	waff_s
yaffed	16	45	732	2	yaffed
yaffs	14	53	1112	2	yaff_s
zaffer	21	39	715	2	zaffer
zaffers	22	38	677	2	zaffers
zaffres	22	32	499	2	zaffres

Search took 6 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	0.673	265514.1
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	59	4.906	16826.5
3	Display Results	59	59	0.030	1966.7
	(SQL Overall)	178691	59	5.609	31857.9