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

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

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
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105 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
guffaw	16	4	279	(None)
guffaws	17	6	227	1	guffaws
guff	11	46	2493	2	guff__
guffawed	19	4	162	2	guffawed
guffs	12	44	1482	2	guff_s
luffa	11	40	902	2	luffa_
luffas	12	33	748	2	luffas
buff	12	52	2986	3	buff__
buffalo	15	5	372	3	buffalo
buffed	15	43	1314	3	buffed
buffer	14	45	1268	3	buffer
buffet	14	31	1378	3	buffet
buffi	13	61	1220	3	buff_i
buffo	13	51	1218	3	buff_o
buffos	14	44	785	3	buffos
buffs	13	55	1951	3	buff_s
buffy	16	50	1337	3	buff_y
cuff	12	53	2799	3	cuff__
cuffed	15	43	1121	3	cuffed
cuffs	13	50	1749	3	cuff_s
curfew	14	42	674	3	curfew
cushaw	14	38	698	3	cushaw
duff	11	43	2664	3	duff__
duffel	13	40	775	3	duffel
duffer	13	47	1166	3	duffer
duffle	13	36	853	3	duffle
duffs	12	52	1662	3	duff_s
flaw	10	63	2664	3	__flaw
gaff	11	48	2815	3	gaff__
gaffe	12	41	1165	3	gaff_e
gaffed	14	42	1020	3	gaffed
gaffer	13	43	1013	3	gaffer
gaffes	13	48	1110	3	gaffes
gaffs	12	49	1465	3	gaff_s
gauffer	14	7	442	3	gauffer
geegaw	11	4	285	3	geegaw
gewgaw	14	4	178	3	gewgaw
gnaw	8	65	1574	3	g__naw
goffer	13	40	951	3	goffer
gruff	12	47	1214	3	gruff__
gruffed	15	4	494	3	gruffed
gruffer	14	7	579	3	gruffer
gruffly	17	41	389	3	gruffly
gruffs	13	33	745	3	gruff_s
gruffy	16	39	601	3	gruff_y
guaiac	9	4	615	3	guaiac
guan	5	53	2558	3	gu__an
guanay	10	3	791	3	guanay
guar	5	69	2329	3	gu__ar
guava	9	3	858	3	guava_
guavas	10	3	716	3	guavas
guffawing	20	4	186	3	guffaw~~ing~~
guitar	7	11	744	3	guitar
gulag	7	3	1082	3	gu_lag
gular	6	3	1483	3	gu_lar
gulf	8	49	2942	3	gulf__
gulfed	11	48	1001	3	gulfed
gulfs	9	49	1530	3	gulf_s
gulfy	12	46	1200	3	gulf_y
gumma	10	53	1310	3	gumma_
gummas	11	48	1051	3	gummas
gunman	9	29	945	3	gunman
gutta	6	46	1338	3	gutta_
guttae	7	32	1058	3	guttae
huff	13	56	2384	3	huff__
huffed	16	37	1015	3	huffed
huffs	14	45	1474	3	huff_s
huffy	17	48	1023	3	huff_y
luff	10	44	2670	3	luff__
luffed	13	38	1082	3	luffed
luffs	11	45	1628	3	luff_s
muff	12	47	2386	3	muff__
muffed	15	42	1059	3	muffed
muffin	14	29	887	3	muffin
muffle	14	33	964	3	muffle
muffs	13	41	1421	3	muff_s
offal	11	3	624	3	_offal
outfawn	13	3	598	3	outfawn
outlaw	9	27	964	3	outlaw
outsaw	9	26	1028	3	outsaw
puff	12	55	2543	3	puff__
puffed	15	35	1060	3	puffed
puffer	14	46	1073	3	puffer
puffin	14	114	900	3	puffin
puffs	13	41	1493	3	puff_s
puffy	16	44	1075	3	puff_y
ruff	10	51	2765	3	ruff__
ruffe	11	47	1381	3	ruff_e
ruffed	13	43	1274	3	ruffed
ruffes	12	41	1242	3	ruffes
ruffian	13	4	413	3	ruffian
ruffle	12	41	1167	3	ruffle
ruffly	15	33	667	3	ruffly
ruffs	11	45	1674	3	ruff_s
suffari	13	4	550	3	suffari
suffer	12	43	1451	3	suffer
suffix	19	3	523	3	suffix
sulfa	8	3	1392	3	sulfa_
sulfas	9	3	1156	3	sulfas
tufa	7	50	1661	3	tu_fa_
tufas	8	53	1438	3	tu_fas
tuff	10	45	2852	3	tuff__
tuffet	12	26	1208	3	tuffet
tuffs	11	51	1826	3	tuff_s
zaffar	21	38	504	3	zaffar

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	112716	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	112716	105	4.440	25386.5
3	Display Results	105	105	0.030	3500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	105	4.843	36896.8