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

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “tipstaffs” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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.

12 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
tipstaffs	17	5	178	(None)
tipstaff	16	4	300	1	tipstaff_
distaffs	15	6	508	2	di_staffs
tipstaves	14	4	335	2	tipstaves
distaff	14	6	768	3	di_staff_
pikestaffs	22	5	117	3	pikestaffs
restaffs	14	4	478	3	_restaffs
staffs	12	34	975	3	___staffs
tipoffs	15	4	303	3	tip__offs
tipsters	10	27	851	3	tipst_ers
tipstocks	17	4	342	3	tipstocks
waitstaffs	19	5	124	3	waitstaffs

Search took 10 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	0.423	422437.4
2	DLD Change Limit	148641	12	8.576	17332.2
3	Display Results	12	12	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	12	8.999	19856.8