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

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

You can choose a higher Change Limit to return more words, although it will take longer.
Check this box to automatically increase the Change Limit after seconds.

21 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
gauffers	15	6	383	(None)
gaffers	14	42	871	1	ga_ffers
gauffer	14	7	442	1	gauffer_
bluffers	16	40	570	2	bluffers
buffers	15	33	1079	2	_buffers
chauffers	20	25	344	2	chauffers
duffers	14	34	1009	2	_duffers
fluffers	13	33	529	2	fluffers
gaffer	13	43	1013	2	ga_ffer_
gaffes	13	48	1110	2	ga_ffe_s
gauffered	17	4	187	2	gauffered
gaugers	9	42	1171	2	gau_gers
goffers	14	40	921	2	g_offers
gruffer	14	7	579	2	gruffer_
puffers	15	34	920	2	_puffers
quaffers	23	3	396	2	quaffers
scuffers	16	30	749	2	scuffers
snuffers	14	32	692	2	snuffers
stuffers	14	27	738	2	stuffers
suffers	13	31	1354	2	_suffers
zaffers	22	38	677	2	za_ffers

Search took 5 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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.656	33112.4
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.046	44164.9