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

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

21 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
rufflier	14	3	401	(None)
ruffler	13	36	972	1	ruffl_er
buffier	15	6	840	2	buff_ier
gruffier	15	4	470	2	gruff_ier
huffier	16	3	749	2	huff_ier
muffler	15	39	834	2	muffl_er
puffier	15	4	797	2	puff_ier
raffler	13	33	922	2	raffl_er
riffler	13	32	835	2	riffl_er
rubblier	12	4	491	2	rubblier
ruffle	12	41	1167	2	ruffl_e_
ruffled	14	36	915	2	ruffl_ed
rufflers	14	34	719	2	ruffl_ers
ruffles	13	35	1227	2	ruffl_es
ruffliest	15	5	449	2	ruffliest
rufflike	18	4	325	2	rufflike
ruffling	15	4	609	2	ruffling
rulier	6	50	1635	2	ru__lier
rumplier	12	3	530	2	rumplier
snufflier	15	4	330	2	snufflier
wafflier	17	3	395	2	wafflier

Search took 5 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	121059	0.420	425454.8
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	21	3.580	33815.4
3	Display Results	21	21	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	4.000	44672.8