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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “squawfish” 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
squawfish	27	4	226	(None)
sawfish	16	3	768	2	s__awfish
squallish	21	4	340	2	squallish
squarish	20	4	732	2	squa_rish
squawbush	26	5	131	2	squawbush
squawfishes	29	5	204	2	squawfishes
crawfish	19	4	423	3	_crawfish
quackish	26	5	438	3	_quackish
qualmish	22	4	401	3	_qualmish
sheatfish	18	4	325	3	sheatfish
spearfish	17	4	360	3	spearfish
squash	18	4	683	3	squa___sh
squawking	26	4	243	3	squawking
squawks	23	29	488	3	squaw_ks_
squaws	18	43	878	3	squaw__s_
squeamish	23	4	265	3	squeamish
squirish	20	4	511	3	squ_irish
squish	18	3	857	3	squ___ish
starfish	14	3	808	3	s_tarfish
studfish	15	4	452	3	stu_dfish
suckfish	20	4	389	3	s_uckfish
sunfish	13	3	888	3	s_u_nfish
surffish	17	4	478	3	s_urffish

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	148641	0.533	335255.2
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	23	6.610	22487.3
3	Display Results	23	23	0.013	1769.2
	(SQL Overall)	178691	23	7.156	24970.8