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

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

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73 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
puffer	14	46	1073	(None)
buffer	14	45	1268	1	buffer
duffer	13	47	1166	1	duffer
puffed	15	35	1060	1	puffed
puffers	15	34	920	1	puffers
puffery	18	23	511	1	puffery
puffier	15	4	797	1	puffier
suffer	12	43	1451	1	suffer
bluffer	15	39	688	2	bluffer
buffed	15	43	1314	2	buffed
buffers	15	33	1079	2	buffers
buffet	14	31	1378	2	buffet
buffier	15	6	840	2	buffier
chuffer	18	33	714	2	chuffer
coffer	14	41	1286	2	coffer
cuffed	15	43	1121	2	cuffed
deffer	13	44	1130	2	deffer
differ	13	39	1084	2	differ
doffer	13	39	1135	2	doffer
duffel	13	40	775	2	duffel
duffers	14	34	1009	2	duffers
fluffer	12	33	650	2	fluffer
gaffer	13	43	1013	2	gaffer
gauffer	14	7	442	2	gauffer
goffer	13	40	951	2	goffer
gruffer	14	7	579	2	gruffer
huffed	16	37	1015	2	huffed
huffier	16	3	749	2	huffier
luffed	13	38	1082	2	luffed
muffed	15	42	1059	2	muffed
muffler	15	39	834	2	muffler
niffer	12	37	844	2	niffer
offer	11	43	1138	2	_offer
piaffer	15	10	444	2	piaffer
pilfer	11	3	916	2	pilfer
pouffe	14	44	826	2	pouffe_
pouffed	16	36	595	2	pouffed
pouffes	15	40	812	2	pouffes
prefer	11	38	1320	2	prefer
proffer	15	12	693	2	proffer
pucker	14	38	1763	2	pucker
puff	12	55	2543	2	puff__
puffin	14	114	900	2	puffin
puffs	13	41	1493	2	puff_s
puffy	16	44	1075	2	puff_y
puler	7	48	2662	2	pu_ler
puller	8	38	2081	2	puller
pulper	10	35	1327	2	pulper
pulser	8	42	1519	2	pulser
pumper	12	44	1555	2	pumper
punier	8	45	1922	2	punier
punker	12	37	1882	2	punker
punner	8	49	1815	2	punner
punter	8	43	2002	2	punter
purer	7	51	2790	2	pu_rer
purfler	12	24	873	2	purfler
purger	9	47	1723	2	purger
purser	8	50	2047	2	purser
pusher	11	43	1828	2	pusher
putter	8	39	2144	2	putter
quaffer	22	3	513	2	quaffer
ruffe	11	47	1381	2	ruffe_
ruffed	13	43	1274	2	ruffed
ruffes	12	41	1242	2	ruffes
ruffler	13	36	972	2	ruffler
scuffer	15	32	888	2	scuffer
snuffer	13	31	885	2	snuffer
stuffer	13	34	979	2	stuffer
suffers	13	31	1354	2	suffers
surfer	9	35	1588	2	surfer
tuffet	12	26	1208	2	tuffet
tufter	9	31	993	2	tufter
zaffer	21	39	715	2	zaffer

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	0.563	317390.8
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	73	2.406	34310.5
3	Display Results	73	73	0.016	4562.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	73	2.985	59863.0