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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “scaffold” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4]

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
scaffold	17	4	223	(None)
scaffolds	18	4	157	1	scaffolds
scaffolded	20	5	102	2	scaffolded
afford	13	4	649	3	__afford
fanfold	14	8	537	3	_fanfold
safrol	9	3	728	3	s_afrol_
safrole	10	3	725	3	s_afrole
safrols	10	3	686	3	s_afrols
scaffolding	21	5	128	3	scaffold~~ing~~
scald	8	48	1812	3	sca___ld
scaphoid	16	4	605	3	scaphoid
scarfed	13	47	1118	3	scarf_ed
sclaffed	17	10	267	3	sclaff_ed
scoffed	16	26	618	3	scoff_ed
scold	8	54	1486	3	sc___old
scuffed	16	29	824	3	scuff_ed
scuffle	15	26	689	3	scuff_le
scuffled	17	25	620	3	scuffled
seafood	11	4	615	3	sea_food
sixfold	18	4	272	3	s_ixfold
snaffle	13	21	625	3	snaff_le
snaffled	15	28	521	3	snaffled
staffed	14	29	828	3	staff_ed

Search took 8 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	146162	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	146162	23	7.360	19859.0
3	Display Results	23	23	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	7.783	22959.1