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

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

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72 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
proofs	11	45	1168	(None)
poofs	10	52	2279	1	p_oofs
profs	10	51	2089	1	pr_ofs
proof	10	52	2153	1	proof_
roofs	8	53	2115	1	_roofs
broods	9	54	1638	2	broods
brooks	12	58	1388	2	brooks
brooms	10	49	1587	2	brooms
broos	7	51	2641	2	broo_s
coofs	10	59	2471	2	_coofs
crooks	12	49	1441	2	crooks
croons	8	54	1842	2	croons
drools	7	44	1281	2	drools
droops	9	51	1096	2	droops
goofs	9	48	2100	2	_goofs
grooms	9	45	1252	2	grooms
hoofs	11	57	2104	2	_hoofs
kloofs	13	38	635	2	kloofs
kroons	10	37	1124	2	kroons
loofs	8	56	2378	2	_loofs
poods	8	51	2475	2	p_oods
poof	9	55	4166	2	p_oof_
poofy	13	62	1327	2	p_oofy
poohs	10	39	1571	2	p_oohs
pools	7	44	2770	2	p_ools
poons	7	54	3097	2	p_oons
poops	9	44	2241	2	p_oops
poos	6	59	4911	2	p_oo_s
porous	8	44	1948	2	porous
poufs	10	56	1606	2	p_oufs
praos	7	49	2356	2	prao_s
preops	10	49	1194	2	preops
prions	8	43	1778	2	prions
priors	8	39	1448	2	priors
proas	7	50	2880	2	pr_oas
probes	10	41	1945	2	probes
prods	8	55	2355	2	pr_ods
proems	10	47	1116	2	proems
prof	9	61	3466	2	pr_of_
progs	8	66	2415	2	pr_ogs
proles	8	46	2720	2	proles
prologs	10	35	1213	2	prologs
promos	10	51	1642	2	promos
proms	9	54	2641	2	pr_oms
prongs	9	43	1448	2	prongs
proofed	13	13	872	2	proofed
proofer	12	14	910	2	proofer
proofers	13	11	836	2	proofers
props	9	57	2688	2	pr_ops
pros	6	57	4278	2	pr_o_s
proses	8	47	3347	2	proses
prosos	8	57	1855	2	prosos
pross	7	65	2940	2	pr_oss
protons	9	31	1800	2	protons
proves	11	43	2225	2	proves
prowls	11	55	1108	2	prowls
prows	10	63	2701	2	pr_ows
reproofs	13	4	606	2	reproofs
reroofs	10	3	794	2	reroofs
rolfs	8	48	1712	2	_rolfs
roods	6	51	2528	2	_roods
roof	7	57	3883	2	_roof_
rooks	9	53	2504	2	_rooks
rooms	7	53	2468	2	_rooms
roots	5	59	3367	2	_roots
spoofs	11	40	1181	2	spoofs
troops	8	57	1278	2	troops
unroofs	10	3	578	2	unroofs
uproots	9	3	714	2	uproots
vrooms	11	39	871	2	vrooms
whoofs	15	45	724	2	whoofs
woofs	11	49	1800	2	_woofs

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	82551	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	72	2.876	28703.4
3	Display Results	72	72	0.016	4500.0
	(SQL Overall)	178691	72	3.252	54948.0