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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “gruffish” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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.

15 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
gruffish	18	4	394	(None)
draffish	18	4	455	2	draffish
drumfish	17	4	350	2	drumfish
giraffish	19	4	197	2	giraffish
grayfish	18	4	448	2	grayfish
gruffest	15	4	459	2	gruffest
gruffier	15	4	470	2	gruffier
gruffiest	16	3	453	2	gruffiest
gruffily	18	6	308	2	gruffily
gruffing	16	3	527	2	gruffing
gruffs	13	33	745	2	gruff_s_
grumpish	16	4	376	2	grumpish
huffish	19	3	571	2	_huffish
raffish	16	5	884	2	_raffish
surffish	17	4	478	2	surffish

Search took 4 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	0.140	1276364.3
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	15	3.576	33853.2
3	Display Results	15	15	0.016	937.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	15	3.732	47880.8