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

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

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.

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
goofs	9	48	2100	(None)
coofs	10	59	2471	1	coofs
golfs	9	56	1610	1	golfs
gonofs	10	45	986	1	gonofs
goods	7	51	2448	1	goods
goof	8	54	3687	1	goof_
goofy	12	49	1562	1	goofy
gooks	10	54	2288	1	gooks
goons	6	53	2677	1	goons
goops	8	66	2096	1	goops
goos	5	76	4491	1	goo_s
hoofs	11	57	2104	1	hoofs
loofs	8	56	2378	1	loofs
poofs	10	52	2279	1	poofs
roofs	8	53	2115	1	roofs
woofs	11	49	1800	1	woofs

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	28756	0.080	2233637.5
2	DLD Change Limit	28756	16	0.516	55728.7
3	Display Results	16	16	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	16	0.596	299817.1