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

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

17 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
slugfests	13	4	157	(None)
slugfest	12	4	492	1	slugfest_
songfests	13	4	298	2	songfests
suggests	10	4	471	2	s_uggests
bluffest	16	6	464	3	bluffest_
funfests	14	25	356	3	_funfests
plugless	11	3	386	3	plugles_s
sludgiest	11	3	580	3	sludgiest_
sluggers	10	34	848	3	slugge_rs
smuggest	12	4	437	3	smuggest_
smugness	11	4	381	3	smugnes_s
snuggest	10	4	524	3	snuggest_
snugness	9	3	432	3	snugnes_s
songfest	12	3	684	3	songfest_
subtests	10	3	753	3	s_ubtests
suggest	9	3	1086	3	s_uggest_
surfeits	11	4	622	3	s_urfeits

Search took 7 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	148641	0.436	409841.7
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	17	6.266	23721.8
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	6.702	26662.3