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

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

10 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
sclaffer	16	11	265	(None)
sclaffed	17	10	267	1	sclaffed
sclaffers	17	12	252	1	sclaffers
chaffer	18	38	947	2	_chaffer
scarfer	12	45	1108	2	sc_arfer
sclaff	14	3	831	2	sclaff__
sclaffs	15	4	357	2	sclaff_s
scoffer	15	31	702	2	sc_offer
scuffer	15	32	888	2	sc_uffer
staffer	13	29	909	2	s_taffer

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	121059	0.390	458182.1
2	DLD Change Limit	121059	10	3.580	33815.4
3	Display Results	10	10	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	10	3.970	45010.3