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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “serfish” 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
serfish	13	4	897	(None)
selfish	13	8	851	1	selfish
deafish	14	3	853	2	deafish
dervish	14	3	698	2	dervish
elfish	12	6	796	2	_elfish
garfish	14	17	920	2	garfish
jewfish	23	4	354	2	jewfish
nerdish	11	3	710	2	nerdish
oarfish	13	15	861	2	oarfish
overfish	17	3	789	2	overfish
perish	11	46	1906	2	per_ish
perkish	16	25	882	2	perkish
redfish	14	3	779	2	redfish
sawfish	16	3	768	2	sawfish
serais	6	43	2613	2	serais_
serfs	8	49	2201	2	serf_s_
serifs	9	40	1705	2	serifs_
spearfish	17	4	360	2	spearfish
starfish	14	3	808	2	starfish
sunfish	13	3	888	2	sunfish
surffish	17	4	478	2	surffish

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	107671	0.373	479064.3
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	21	3.016	35699.9
3	Display Results	21	21	0.016	1312.5
	(SQL Overall)	178691	21	3.405	52479.0