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

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

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74 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
ruffes	12	41	1242	(None)
ruffe	11	47	1381	1	ruffe_
ruffed	13	43	1274	1	ruffed
ruffles	13	35	1227	1	ruffles
ruffs	11	45	1674	1	ruff_s
truffes	13	5	677	1	truffes
bouffes	15	38	863	2	bouffes
buffed	15	43	1314	2	buffed
buffer	14	45	1268	2	buffer
buffers	15	33	1079	2	buffers
buffest	15	29	864	2	buffest
buffet	14	31	1378	2	buffet
buffets	15	31	759	2	buffets
buffos	14	44	785	2	buffos
buffs	13	55	1951	2	buff_s
cuffed	15	43	1121	2	cuffed
cuffs	13	50	1749	2	cuff_s
duffel	13	40	775	2	duffel
duffels	14	29	645	2	duffels
duffer	13	47	1166	2	duffer
duffers	14	34	1009	2	duffers
duffles	14	30	892	2	duffles
duffs	12	52	1662	2	duff_s
gaffes	13	48	1110	2	gaffes
griffes	14	36	792	2	griffes
gruffed	15	4	494	2	gruffed
gruffer	14	7	579	2	gruffer
gruffest	15	4	459	2	gruffest
gruffs	13	33	745	2	gruff_s
guffs	12	44	1482	2	guff_s
huffed	16	37	1015	2	huffed
huffs	14	45	1474	2	huff_s
luffas	12	33	748	2	luffas
luffed	13	38	1082	2	luffed
luffs	11	45	1628	2	luff_s
muffed	15	42	1059	2	muffed
muffles	15	39	1045	2	muffles
muffs	13	41	1421	2	muff_s
pouffes	15	40	812	2	pouffes
puffed	15	35	1060	2	puffed
puffer	14	46	1073	2	puffer
puffers	15	34	920	2	puffers
puffs	13	41	1493	2	puff_s
raffles	13	36	1184	2	raffles
raffs	11	50	1752	2	raff_s
reffed	13	47	1251	2	reffed
riffed	13	38	1156	2	riffed
riffles	13	39	1116	2	riffles
riffs	11	51	1461	2	riff_s
rifles	9	42	1770	2	rifles
rubes	7	49	2841	2	ru_bes
rubies	8	44	2034	2	rubies
rubles	8	39	2170	2	rubles
ruches	11	48	1958	2	ruches
rues	4	60	4448	2	ru__es
ruff	10	51	2765	2	ruff__
ruffle	12	41	1167	2	ruffle
ruffled	14	36	915	2	ruffled
ruffler	13	36	972	2	ruffler
rufflers	14	34	719	2	rufflers
ruffly	15	33	667	2	ruffly
rufous	9	4	827	2	rufous
rules	5	52	3425	2	ru_les
runes	5	55	3022	2	ru_nes
rupees	8	3	1257	2	rupees
ruses	5	61	3658	2	ru_ses
rushes	9	47	2436	2	rushes
suffer	12	43	1451	2	suffer
suffers	13	31	1354	2	suffers
truffe	12	7	623	2	truffe_
truffles	14	8	559	2	truffles
tuffet	12	26	1208	2	tuffet
tuffets	13	26	652	2	tuffets
tuffs	11	51	1826	2	tuff_s

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	0.340	525561.8
2	DLD Change Limit	82551	74	2.160	38218.1
3	Display Results	74	74	0.013	5692.3
	(SQL Overall)	178691	74	2.513	71106.6