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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “lutefisk” 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.

20 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
lutefisk	15	4	269	(None)
lutefisks	16	4	173	1	lutefisks
lutfisk	14	4	358	1	lut_fisk
lutenist	8	6	1066	2	lutenist
lutfisks	15	4	233	2	lut_fisks
asterisk	12	4	867	3	asterisk
autecism	12	4	707	3	autecism
bluefish	16	4	514	3	blu_efish
lumpfish	18	4	305	3	lumpfish
lungfish	15	4	396	3	lungfish
lutanist	8	4	1027	3	lutanist
lutecium	12	4	439	3	lutecium
lutein	6	3	1126	3	lute_i_n
luteins	7	3	1010	3	lute_ins
lutenists	9	5	659	3	lutenists
luteous	7	3	927	3	luteous_
lutes	5	58	3666	3	lute__s_
lutetium	10	4	424	3	lutetium
lutist	6	43	1755	3	lut__ist
outfish	13	22	1057	3	out_fish

Search took 7 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	146162	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	20	6.390	22873.6
3	Display Results	20	20	0.016	1250.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	20	6.826	26178.0