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

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

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.

23 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
puggish	14	26	599	(None)
piggish	14	22	770	1	piggish
biggish	14	24	750	2	biggish
boggish	14	23	865	2	boggish
doggish	13	23	753	2	doggish
haggish	15	20	747	2	haggish
hoggish	15	24	759	2	hoggish
jiggish	19	22	594	2	jiggish
loggish	12	25	873	2	loggish
pigfish	16	21	717	2	pigfish
priggish	15	4	468	2	priggish
publish	14	4	791	2	publish
puckish	18	23	721	2	puckish
puggier	11	30	938	2	puggier
puggiest	12	21	922	2	puggiest
pugging	12	29	1254	2	pugging
punish	11	14	1150	2	pu_nish
punkish	16	25	769	2	punkish
pupfish	17	3	553	2	pupfish
sluggish	13	4	477	2	sluggish
thuggish	16	4	265	2	thuggish
waggish	15	20	707	2	waggish
woggish	15	27	667	2	woggish

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	107671	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	23	3.140	34290.1
3	Display Results	23	23	0.016	1437.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	3.546	50392.3