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

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

14 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
rebuff	14	3	702	(None)
rebuffs	15	3	340	1	rebuffs
buff	12	52	2986	2	__buff
rebuffed	17	4	308	2	rebuffed
rebuke	12	40	1012	2	rebuke
rebury	11	34	921	2	rebury
rebus	7	57	2111	2	rebu_s
rebut	7	59	2738	2	rebu_t
rebuts	8	40	1519	2	rebuts
rebuy	10	47	1468	2	rebu_y
rebuys	11	42	878	2	rebuys
restuff	13	4	695	2	restuff
ruboff	14	3	520	2	ruboff
ruff	10	51	2765	2	r__uff

Search took 3 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	0.123	1452772.4
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	14	2.736	30172.1
3	Display Results	14	14	0.013	1076.9
	(SQL Overall)	178691	14	2.872	62218.3