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

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

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
confirm	14	3	736	(None)
confirms	15	3	630	1	confirms
conform	14	3	1046	1	conform
bonfire	12	8	706	2	bonfire
confer	11	40	1868	2	confer_
confers	12	41	2009	2	confers
confide	13	3	1020	2	confide
confine	12	3	1558	2	confine
confirmed	17	4	556	2	confirmed
confirmer	16	6	566	2	confirmer
confit	11	33	1640	2	confi_t
confits	12	28	1142	2	confits
conforms	15	3	887	2	conforms
conium	10	4	1531	2	con_ium
infirm	11	3	704	2	_infirm
nonfarm	12	4	651	2	nonfarm
reconfirm	16	4	381	2	reconfirm

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	0.360	496363.9
2	DLD Change Limit	107671	17	3.126	34443.7
3	Display Results	17	17	0.000
	(SQL Overall)	178691	17	3.486	51259.6